Prisons
Álvaro Cunhal’s prison novel ‘The Six-Pointed Star’—A chat with the translator
February 26, 2021The English translator of the latest Cunhal/Tiago novel shares the background to this epic story of life behind bars in fascist Portugal.
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COVID behind bars: Infected prisoners work for next to nothing
February 1, 2021People's World features a report from the scene.
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No right to read: Profiteering corporations creep into prison libraries
December 22, 2020Exclusive-access contracts are leaving incarcerated persons and their families no choice but to pay exorbitant private company fees to access books and communicate with one another.
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Prisoners and the formerly incarcerated demand the right to vote
October 14, 2020Disenfranchisement of voters is a part of our country’s racist history and will take a lot of work to be dismantled.
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Private prison companies shower campaign cash on Trump and Republicans
August 14, 2020The fortunes of private prison companies have become increasingly intertwined with Republican political success.
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