Lauren Crosby Medlicott is a freelance journalist writing about social justice and human rights. Subscribe to her newsletter at laurencrosbymedlicott.substack.com. Twitter: @LaurenMedlicott.
It’s no secret that America has a criminal justice problem that has been seeping into prisons and jails since the 1970s. Figures from the Prison Policy Initiative, found that nearly 2.3 million people are held in 1,833 states prisons, 110 federal prisons, 1,772 juvenile correctional facilities,
Pre-pandemic, 34% of the American workforce was involved to some degree in the “gig” economy. The number of freelancers and contractors grew by 33% during 2020 in response to the economic and emotional toll of instability in places of employment during COVID times. Independent workers appreciate the ability to be
In April 2018, the Trump administration signed FOSTA—a combination of the Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act and the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act—into law, ostensibly a response to the Section 230 protections which kept Backpage.com (a website known for its advertisements for sex workers) from being held
New census data has given us a clear picture of the child poverty crisis in America. It found that 1 in 6 children in America are living in poverty, which amounts to nearly one-third of the 38.1 million people living in poverty in the United States. Nearly 12 million
It’s easy to forget that aging and illness occur within the four walls of a prison cell, equally as much as outside of their confines. Cancer ravages bodies, dementia confuses brains, arthritis stiffens fingers, and organs begin to fail—even in prison. It is when the body deteriorates, that