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Apr 9, 2020

I’m Queer and I’ve Been in Solitary. Ellen Isn’t Experiencing What I Did.

Being queer in prison isn’t sitting on your outdoor furniture in your finest silk.

Apr 8, 2020

“They Don’t Care if You Die”: Immigrants in ICE Detention Fear the Spread of COVID-19

Across the country, there are nearly 36,000 people in the custody of ICE on an average day. Some are in county jails and state prisons, others are in facilities run by private contractors like the GEO Group...

Apr 1, 2020

The Added Importance of the Census, in Light of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic underscores the need for everyone to be counted in this year’s census.

Mar 27, 2020

Those “Free” Remote Learning Apps Have a High Cost: Your Student’s Privacy

To be true angels during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, tech companies providing free remote learning apps should disable features that spy on students and suck up their private, personal information....

Mar 26, 2020

Don't Neglect Nevada's Incarcerated Youth in COVID-19 Response

Unprecedented measures have been taken to protect youth throughout the country during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the response is leaving a group of young people behind: The over 160 Nevada youth held in the...

Mar 25, 2020

Living with COVID — in an Immigration Jail

Each of the 37,000 people currently detained by ICE are at severe risk of contracting COVID-19. We must immediately reduce the numbers of people in immigration detention, starting by releasing the most...