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Decriminalizing Sex Work Is Popular Among Democrats And Independents
New polling from Data For Progress shows a majority of American voters—especially Democrats and Independents—support decriminalizing sex work.

Meet The Cops: Inside Donald Trump’s New Commission On Policing
Attorney General William Barr swore in 18 members of a White House commission on policing—all of whom work in law enforcement.

How Layleen Xtravanganza-Polanco’s Case Impacted Organizing For Transgender Prisoners
Centering transgender prisoners can motivate reform within an abolitionist vision. But so-called solidarity has been used to legitimize incarceration, too.

Beyond Prisons: Certain Days Collective
Activists behind the Certain Days calendar join the Beyond Prisons Podcast to discuss their project, which raises money for prisoners and grassroots groups.

Beyond Prisons: Sunlight Is A Human Right
Jared Ware joins the Beyond Prisons podcast for a conversation on deteriorating abusive conditions within South Carolina prisons.

ICE Retaliates Against Immigrant Rights Activists By Suspending Visitation Program In Alabama
Immigration and detention officials canceled visits at the Etowah County Detention Center following a protest calling for the facility’s closure and the abolition of immigration detention. Freedom For Immigrants (FFI), a nonprofit immigrant rights group, has organized visitation projects with over 4,500 volunteers from local groups like the Etowah Visitation