The recent increase in peaceful protests against police brutality clearly shows that the American people want change, and the Minneapolis City Council attempted to initiate that change by revamping the policing structure last June. However, the Minneapolis Charter Commission, a group of 15 people appointed by the Hennepin District Court,

Written by Starlene Parris & Kasey Michaud Approximately 15% of all people living in state prisons experience a serious mental illness. What happens to these people? They are left to rot in prison, fighting against their own minds and a broken system they don’t fully understand. If you are

Immigrant Children Held Illegally in US Hotels On July 22, the Associated Press (AP) reported that the Trump Administration is detaining immigrant children in three Hampton Inn & Suite Hotels, particularly in El Paso and McAllen, Texas and Phoenix, Arizona. When Roberto Lopez of the Texas Civil Rights Project visited

THE BIG PICTURE: As COVID-19 escalates, prisons across the United States are resorting to solitary confinement as a means of containing the virus. Within weeks, the number of isolated inmates surged from 60,000 inmates to a staggering 300,000, suggesting that solitary confinement is headed toward a path of

An Open Letter to the Cleveland Division of Police, the Department of Justice, and Governor Mike DeWine on the Killing of Reginald Williams Jr. To: Cleveland Division of Police, Department of Justice Northern Ohio, Governor Mike DeWine’s Office Hello, I am a reporter with Raise the Voices, an advocacy

Rose and her son Ryan Matthew Smith from https://twitter.com/rosewitnothorns/status/1169313597522173953/photo/1 To: The Mayor’s Office of Seattle Hello Kamaria – I am a reporter with Raise the Voices, an advocacy journalism organization. We are writing the story of Rose Johnson, the mother of Ryan Matthew