A few picks from AFSC staff this week:
These New Orleans Residents Are Still Trying To Go Home via Truthout
Funding shortfalls, legal barriers, and other obstacles mean that many residents are still fighting their way home.
Landmark Agreement Ends Indeterminate Long-Term Solitary Confinement in California
via CCR
This wee a landmark settlement in the federal class action Ashker v. Governor of California will effectively end indeterminate, long-term solitary confinement in all California state prisons.
10 NOLA Groups Truly Doing the Work When the Cameras Aren’t On via Colorlines
Here is a list of 10 New Orleans groups that have exposed, battled and solved problems created or exacerbated by Hurricane Katrina.
Some picks from AFSC staff this week:
Dark Money Under Fire as Election 2016 Heats Up via Common Dreams
While Democratic candidates are lining up to denounce the huge influence that dark money is having on politics in the U.S., a new report says that 2016 presidential candidates are relying on such secret contributions “like never before.”
Ella Taught Me: Shattering the Myth of the Leaderless Movement via Colorlines
Who gets to tell the story? This is a question implicit in the work I do as a historian. But the question I have been wrestling with lately is more immediate: Who gets to shape the narrative, define the history-makers, and capture the words and images of the current black-led, anti-state violence movement evolving in the United States right now?
U.S. Deports Tens Of Thousands Each Year For Minor Drug Crimes, Human Rights Watch Says via Huffington Post
Tens of thousands of people are deported each year for minor drug offenses, even if they served their time long ago, because of draconian U.S. drug laws, according to a report released Tuesday by the international advocacy group Human Rights Watch.
Week of April 13, 2015
A few selections from AFSC staff members:
- Mothers Vow to Renew Hunger Strike at Private Immigrant-Family Prison in Texas via Truthout
Asylum-seeking mothers incarcerated at a privately operated detention camp in Karnes, Texas, alleged they were threatened with deportation and separation from their children after initiating a four-day hunger strike last week. The mothers have since vowed to renew the strike April 14.
- John Legend Launches a Campaign to End Mass Incarceration via Colorlines
The Grammy-winning singer announced the multiyear initiative, FREE AMERICA, on Monday. He will visit and perform at a correctional facility on Thursday in Austin, Texas, where he also will be part of a press conference with state legislators to discuss Texas’ criminal justice system. - Remember #BringBackOurGirls? This Is What Has Happened In The 12 Months Since via HuffPost
Tuesday marks one year since the girls were kidnapped. Here’s what has happened since.
