Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law prohibiting marriage for people under 18. Liberal civil rights organizations fought previous efforts to ban the practice.

AH&H is on the ground responding to devastating floods and mudslides that have torn through Nukawot, Nepal, killing dozens and leaving hundreds still missing. Our team has been in Nepal since 2015, he...

World Central Kitchen's restaurant partners are serving meals in Nepal's Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts–downstream from the country's border with World Central Kitchen’'s restaurant partners are serving...

More than 17,000 children in Nepal are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance following catastrophic flash flooding.

Felony disenfranchisement is a relic of the Jim Crow era. Today in Illinois, 55% of people in prison are Black despite Black people making up only 15% of the state’s overall population. Disenfranchising people in prison silences community members, without making anyone safer. With over 80 organizations, the Unlock Civics Coaliton is advocating for the RACE ACT which would expand civics education in Illinois' prisons and restore voting rights to people in prison. When people in prison cannot vote, influence policy, or hold elected officials accountable, things like inhumane prison conditions, problematic judges, and “tough-on-crime” policies persist more easily. If passed, it would make Illinois the first state to restore voting rights to people in prison, joining Maine, Vermont, Washington D.C., and Puerto Rico as places in the U.S. that allow incarcerated citizens to vote. Tell Illinois' elected leaders that it's time Illinois restore voting rights to community members in prison. Why is this important? The lives of people in prison are influenced by elected officials' policies, and those elected are held accountable by their constituents. Until people in prison are given the right to vote, making up the constituency, they are unable to hold elected officials accountable. By supporting the Reintegration and Civic Empowerment Act, we can create a more inclusive democracy and promote positive change for individuals and communities across Illinois.

A woman is suing the state of Illinois and the Illinois Department of Corrections, alleging the state prison system forced her to give birth before she was due. Amy Hicks was in custody at the Logan Correctional Center in Lincoln in early 2024, held on a drug conviction. Over her objections, she was taken to a hospital and labor was induced two weeks before her due date.

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