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Photography March 6, 2018
What Would It Take To Actually See What Life Is Like in Prison?
An issue and exhibit from the photography foundation Aperture breaks down old tropes of prison life.
John Washington
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Politics February 13, 2018
This HIV-Positive Gay Asylum Seeker Was Granted a Stay of Deportation. Why Did He End Up Back in Mexico?
One man’s asylum case reveals a disorganized, backlogged court willing to contradict its own decisions to “score another deportation victory.”
John Washington
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Jails and Prisons January 15, 2018
Florida’s Prison Laborers Are Going On Strike
Demanding fair pay for their work and an end to brutal conditions, the inmates are putting pressure on the Florida prison system’s bottom line.
John Washington
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Jails and Prisons December 14, 2017
Under Trump, the Private-Prison Boom Shows No Sign of Slowing
A conversation with Lauren-Brooke Eisen on her new book on private prisons and the long shadow of mass incarceration.
John Washington
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HIV and AIDS December 12, 2017
An HIV-Positive Gay Asylum Seeker Staged a 7-Day Hunger Strike in an ICE Detention Facility
Protesting prolonged detention, substandard medical care, and parole denial, Jesus Rodriguez Mendoza may soon stop eating again.
John Washington
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Jails and Prisons October 13, 2017
After Harvey, Texas Inmates Were Left in Flooded Prisons Without Adequate Water or Food
The treatment allegedly follows a pattern of neglect set during previous years’ hurricanes.
John Washington
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Racism and Discrimination September 15, 2017
How to Stand in Solidarity With Undocumented Immigrants
As politicians debate the fate of Dreamers, we all need to join the fight.
John Washington
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Immigration Policy September 13, 2017
ICE Wants to Destroy Its Records of In-Custody Deaths, Sexual Assault, and Other Detainee Files
As ICE steps up enforcement operations—and abuses—the agency is simultaneously asking to cover over its own history.
John Washington
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World August 25, 2017
‘A Refugee Crisis Forces a Country to React According to Higher Standards’
An interview with Valeria Luiselli, the author of Tell Me How It Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions.
John Washington
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Inequality July 27, 2017
The Borderlands’ Human Stain
Photographs that capture the traces of violence that have plagued the US-Mexico border for generations.
John Washington