ICE Detainees on Hunger Strike Demand Release
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#EndSARS Protests Update
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Meet Hazma, a young Iraqi shot in a protest for democracy
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Hazma plays soccer before the protests (left), and lays in a makeshift hospital bed (right) Hamza Ahmed, a young man who played soccer and worked...
I Have Never Had More Hope for my Country
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Prison to School Pipeline
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Clarence Ford is a Policy Research Associate at the Burns Institute where he focuses on developments in research, legislation, and analyzes data to understand the...
The Mapuche Struggle: A Woman’s Perspective – Raise the Voices
By stories
Piaroa Núñez and Ian Bannon Image Credit: Frentefotografico Large social protests erupted across Chile in October last year. As the protests intensified Mapuche flags, flying...
The Trip of No Return – Raise the Voices
By stories
Written by Askar M. Edited by Christopher Gross, T. Ganz, and the Uyghur Cases Team When Hesenjan Qari left Kazakhstan to visit his family in...
Meet Olga Kovalkova: The Feminist Leader For Democracy – Raise the Voices
By Mia Peralta
(Оппозиции, Координационный. Создание Координационного Совета: Итоги Пресс-Конференции, 18 Aug. 2020, rada.vision/sozdanie-koordinacyonnogo-soveta.) Olga Kovalkova, also known as Volha Kovalkova, is a Belarusian politician who wants to...
Explore a Different Criminal Justice Approach: Problem-Solving Courts – Raise the Voices
By Starlene Parris
Written by Starlene Parris & Kasey Michaud Approximately 15% of all people living in state prisons experience a serious mental illness. What happens to these...
Chile Protests Explained: A Protester’s POV
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Chile’s Congress has agreed to postpone the constitutional referendum to October 25 to give the country time to deal with the COVID-19 crisis. To give...

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Open Letter to Core Civic Board and Execs – Raise the Voices

By stories on July 5, 2020

Mr Mark Emkes, Ms Donna Alvarez, Mr Damon Hininger and all,As I am sure you are aware, seventy detainees at the La Palma facility have…