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A new look at Pennsylvania bail data
Courts in PA are misusing and abusing cash bail
By Jessica Li
It's time to decriminalize sex work
Sex work and sex workers have been around as long as people have been engaged in commerce.
By Naiymah Sanchez
Access to the Ballot is our North Star
There are some throughlines that are as true today as they were 50, 100, and 150 years ago.
By Reggie Shuford
Students, Your School Can’t Stop You From Knowing Black History
Some elected officials aren’t celebrating today. But we don’t have to take their attempts at censorship and erasure sitting down.
By Reggie Shuford
Dr. King Made American Democracy More Real. Will We Lose It?
The achievement of the Voting Rights Act has been gutted by court decisions and backlash politics.
By Reggie Shuford
New ACLU-PA Report Shows Courts Breaking the Law With Cash Bail Orders
A new report shows that judges assigning cash bail in violation of the rules is not an issue confined to Pittsburgh or Philadelphia. It’s a statewide crisis.
By Jessica Li
Central York Students Deserve to Learn America’s Real History
How does the school board expect Central students to grow when they are educated on a partial, obscured, whitewashed understanding of the history of America?
What a Mayor Ed Gainey could mean for Pittsburgh
Last month, state Representative Ed Gainey edged out Mayor Bill Peduto in the Democratic mayoral primary. Rep. Gainey is now on track to be elected as Pittsburgh’s first Black mayor in November, an event that has taken far too long in a city with a large Black population.
By Terrell Thomas
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