Intersections + Injustice
Don’t Brag About Hiring People With Criminal Records If You Ignore Those of Us With Felonies
The first thing employers are going to ask me when I get out of ...
Will Tennessee’s Initiative to Formally Outlaw Slavery Help Prisoners?
A ballot initiative in Tennessee would formally outlaw slavery in the state constitution. It ...
Restoring Pell Grants to Prisoners Boosts Our Education—in Theory
In 2023, the Education Department will restore Pell Grant eligibility to incarcerated students and ...
Monkeypox Vaccine Rollout Reflects Deprioritization of Sex Workers
The monkeypox epidemic isn’t going anywhere, especially for street-based sex workers. NPR reports that ...
New Jersey Bans Employment Discrimination Over Cannabis Testing Alone
New Jersey marijuana regulators have approved new guidance for employers that makes clear they ...
Illinois Social Equity Program Near “Collapse,” Say Cannabis Advocates
A group of cannabis advocates led by Chicago NORML demonstrated outside the offices of ...
A Bleak Outlook for Massachusetts’ 2022 Prosecutor Elections
The politics of prosecutors in Massachusetts this year is a complicated mess, but one ...
Diverse Coalition Unites Against Atlanta’s Plan to Build “Cop City”
A diverse coalition of defund-the-police, environmental and Indigenous activists has mobilized in Georgia to ...
California Bill Would Protect Workers’ Off-Duty Cannabis Use
Although California has fully legalized cannabis, workers can still be tested for THC while ...
“Liberty Is Not What I Have”: Ashley Diamond Speaks to the Trans Women Still in Prison
In 2016, Ashley Diamond won a historic lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections ...
