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A Billionaire Seems to Be Doing a Good Thing, But Let's Not Get Too Excited

Here at Barf Bag my colleagues and I aim to blog the political news until we puke. We’re actually contractually…

Emily Alford

9/22/20 5:30PM

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Tracee Ellis Ross on the Legacy of Black Hair

For the latest cover of Elle, actor Tracee Ellis Ross discussed beauty, the politics of Black natural hair, and her…

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Michigan Judge Denies Release of Teen Incarcerated for Not Doing Homework

Grace, the 15-year-old Black Michigan teenager who was jailed for falling behind on schoolwork during a global…

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Kim Kardashian Helped Free Alice Marie Johnson, Then Got Her to Model for Her Shapewear Line

In June 2018, President Trump commuted the sentence of then 63-year-old Alice Johnson, who served 21 years of a life…

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Woman Who Gave Birth Alone In a Jail Cell Alleges Her Cries For Help Were Ignored For Hours

In a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, a Colorado woman accused the staff at the Denver County Jail of forcing her…

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What Do Democrats Actually Mean by 'Criminal Justice Reform'?

During a CNN Town Hall earlier this week, Senator Kamala Harris was asked if people in prison should have the right…

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A Pregnant Woman in Missouri Spent 39 Days in Jail for Refusing to Make Her Kids Take a Paternity Test

A woman in St. Louis County has filed a lawsuit alleging her civil rights were violated when, after being arrested…

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Lawsuit Claims NYPD Forced Woman to Deliver Baby While Handcuffed

In a lawsuit filed Thursday, a woman identified as Jane Doe accused police of shackling her to the bed while she…

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Incarcerated Mothers Can Lose Parental Rights Just For Being Incarcerated

A new report from the Marshall Project outlines how child-welfare systems take children away from incarcerated…

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Immigrants in ICE Detention Have Joined the Nationwide Prison Strike

On Tuesday, incarcerated people around the country launched a 19-day strike, protesting the dire conditions of their…

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Mothers Are Incarcerated at Record Rates, Yet Prison-Nursery Beds Go Empty

When Cassidy Green learned that she was pregnant, she and her husband didn’t discuss cribs, co-sleeping, or even…

Victoria Law

5/13/18 9:00AM

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Meek Mill Has Been Released From Prison on Bail

Meek Mill was granted bail on Tuesday following the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s order that the rapper be released…

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San Francisco Will Clear Thousands of Marijuana Convictions Dating Back to 1975

San Francisco’s District Attorney George Gascón announced on Wednesday that the city will be reviewing and…

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'When My Son Was Taken, I Felt Like a Failure': Stories From Inside the Child Welfare System

In collaboration with Rise magazine, Jezebel is publishing a series of articles written by parents affected by the…

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10/18/17 2:20PM

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10/13/17

'They Told Me They Knew What Was Best for Him': Stories From Inside the Child Welfare System

In collaboration with Rise magazine, Jezebel is publishing a series of articles written by parents affected by the…

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10/13/17 1:25PM

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6/27/17

Alabama Prisons Ordered to Improve 'Horrendously Inadequate' Treatment of Inmates With Mental Illness

U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson ordered Alabama to improve prison conditions for its mentally ill inmates on…

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22 Women Imprisoned at a Migrant Family Detention Center Go on Hunger Strike

What image do the words “residential center” conjure in your mind? Perhaps a place where people live of their own…

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Justice Department Announces It Will Begin Phasing Out Private Prisons In the United States

The Justice Department is planning to end the use of private prisons in the United States, the Washington Post…

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Study Finds the Number of Women Held in Local Jails Has Grown 'Exponentially'

The latest available statistics from the Justice Department document 1 in 36 adults, or 6,851,000 people, as having…

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Louisiana Spends Three Years and Over $1 Million to Avoid Air Conditioning Death Row

The Associated Press revealed today that the state of Louisiana has spent three years and over $1 million so far…

Anna Merlan

6/13/16 7:00PM

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A Billionaire Seems to Be Doing a Good Thing, But Let's Not Get Too Excited

Tracee Ellis Ross on the Legacy of Black Hair

Michigan Judge Denies Release of Teen Incarcerated for Not Doing Homework

Kim Kardashian Helped Free Alice Marie Johnson, Then Got Her to Model for Her Shapewear Line

Woman Who Gave Birth Alone In a Jail Cell Alleges Her Cries For Help Were Ignored For Hours

What Do Democrats Actually Mean by 'Criminal Justice Reform'?

A Pregnant Woman in Missouri Spent 39 Days in Jail for Refusing to Make Her Kids Take a Paternity Test

Lawsuit Claims NYPD Forced Woman to Deliver Baby While Handcuffed

Incarcerated Mothers Can Lose Parental Rights Just For Being Incarcerated

Immigrants in ICE Detention Have Joined the Nationwide Prison Strike

Mothers Are Incarcerated at Record Rates, Yet Prison-Nursery Beds Go Empty

Meek Mill Has Been Released From Prison on Bail

San Francisco Will Clear Thousands of Marijuana Convictions Dating Back to 1975

'When My Son Was Taken, I Felt Like a Failure': Stories From Inside the Child Welfare System

'They Told Me They Knew What Was Best for Him': Stories From Inside the Child Welfare System

Alabama Prisons Ordered to Improve 'Horrendously Inadequate' Treatment of Inmates With Mental Illness

22 Women Imprisoned at a Migrant Family Detention Center Go on Hunger Strike

Justice Department Announces It Will Begin Phasing Out Private Prisons In the United States

Study Finds the Number of Women Held in Local Jails Has Grown 'Exponentially'

Louisiana Spends Three Years and Over $1 Million to Avoid Air Conditioning Death Row