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Daily Fix

international news

Daily Fix: Religious Freedom Restoration Acts Suddenly Less Popular and Other News Stories

A hunger strike at an immigration detention center in Texas, a veritable cornucopia of RFRA news, water in California, Purvi Patel’s sentence in Indiana, a good day for a cat,…

Rachel —

Apr 2, 2015

Arizona

california

politics + activism

Nationwide Week of Action Calls on ICE to Free Nicoll From Men’s Detention Facility

“We need to be included, not persecuted, not targeted, not incarcerated, not discriminated. Release [trans women] from detention TODAY!”

Maddie —

Mar 2, 2015

Daily Fix

disability

politics + activism

Surviving or Thriving: How Economic (In)Justice Matters for LGBT People

Sometimes, it can be hard to parse out exactly why queer and trans people have such a hard time getting by while the headlines would suggest we are advancing by…

Maddie —

Feb 5, 2015

Daily Fix

intimate partner violence

politics + activism

Marissa Alexander To Be Released from Jail; Struggle for Justice Continues

On January 27th, activists from around the country will converge on Jacksonville and in their home cities to stand in solidarity with Alexander on the day of her release and…

Maddie —

Jan 26, 2015

criminal justice reform

Daily Fix

politics + activism

Victories for Justice on Civil Asset Forfeiture, NY Solitary Confinement and Police Transparency

Statements and changes on a number of important fronts came from the Attorney General and from Rikers Island this week.

Rachel —

Jan 16, 2015

Daily Fix

new york

politics + activism

Incarcerated Trans Woman Brings Lawsuit Against New York State After Her Rape in Prison

This case has already been successful in winning a platform for trans voices to raise public awareness about the contradictions and dangers of the prison system.

Maddie —

Jan 13, 2015

Daily Fix

eric garner

politics + activism

Broken Windows is On Hiatus: Community Interventions We Can Enact Now for Real Justice

In addition to fighting for reforms within the prison system, we can keep people out of prison in the first place.

Hannah Hodson —

Jan 6, 2015

#blacklivesmatter

Angela Davis

politics + activism

Audre Lorde Project Hosts Vigil and Flashmob To “Free Our Sisters, Free Ourselves”

“To be clear, we are not here to change the system. We are here to SHUT IT DOWN.”

Laura Mandanas —

Dec 16, 2014

advice

anti-discrimination laws

politics + activism

Jury Duty For (Anti-Racist) Dummies

If anything good is going to come out of this jury duty business, maybe it’s that I’m about to kick my ass into gear.

Hannah Hodson —

Nov 18, 2014

Daily Fix

LGBT youth

politics + activism

GetYrRights: New Site for LGBTQ Youth Organizing Against Policing and Criminalization

“The site will be a source for news from all Network members on the front lines of the struggle to end the criminalization of LGBTQ youth!”

Maddie —

Oct 31, 2014

bisexuality

california

politics + activism

Injustice in the Justice System: Two Lawsuits Expose Struggle for Incarcerated LGBTs

These cases could create radical shifts for the experience of incarcerated LGBT people and they raise important questions about what a justice system better equipped to incarcerate LGBT people might…

Maddie —

Oct 28, 2014

Daily Fix

immigration

politics + activism

Calls for ICE to #FreeMarichuy After Failing to Respond to Report of Sexual Assault

“[ICE] should not be detaining transgender women, period.”

Maddie —

Aug 14, 2014