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Important First Steps to End Solitary Confinement for Youth in Federal Prisons
Marcy Mistrett,
January 28, 2016
This post was originally published on the Campaign for Youth Justice’s blog on January 26. In a historic moment Monday, President Obama used his executive authority to end the use of solitary confinement for youth in the federal prison system. This action is incredibly important to the numerous youth who...
Bipartisan Idea to Lift Millions Out of Poverty
Deborah Weinstein,
January 22, 2016
[Editor’s Note: This piece was co-written by Deborah Weinstein, CHN’s executive director, and Rev. Jennifer Butler, CEO of Faith in Public Life. With many thanks to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the National Women’s Law Center for their excellent work on this issue, which the authors drew upon heavily. This originally appeared in The...
Fact of the Week: Roughly 25 Percent of Demand for Emergency Food Assistance and Shelter Went Unmet in U.S. Cities
Leo Nguyen,
January 21, 2016
A survey of select cities across the U.S. showed that roughly a quarter of individuals and families who needed emergency food and shelter were turned away because of a lack of available resources. The Hunger and Homelessness Survey from the United States Conference of Mayors, released in late December, presented the...
On Sentencing Reform, Bipartisanship Isn’t Dead
Leo Nguyen,
January 14, 2016
Within the first minute and a half of his final State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Obama called out the need for criminal justice reform. And with good reason. Nearly 1 in 100 American adults is incarcerated. America’s prison population has increased by 500 percent over the past...
What’s Happening to Failing White Men: Ten Numbers that Explain the Roots of White Male Rage
Andrew L. Yarrow,
January 12, 2016
Amid all the largely disconnected discussions about angry white males, stagnant wages and inequality, fatherless families, and polarized politics, several striking linkages among these issues have largely gone unnoticed. Tens of millions of white men have been expelled or checked out from mainstream American life – a reality with profound...
