By Dana Bolger • @danabolger • 8 years ago

Daily Feminist Cheat Sheet

Today the Justice Department promised to end the use of private prisons. How will it actually affect prison reform, though?

Why the misleading campaign against the judge who sentenced Brock Turner will only make our system less fair.

Human Rights First released a new brief called “Long-Term Detention of Mothers and Children in Pennsylvania,” concerning the situation of mothers and children detained at the Berks County Residential Center in Pennsylvania. Last Monday, 22 mothers detained at Berks began a hunger strike to protest their prolonged detention and the impact it has had on their children.

The fight to save Langston Hughes’ Harlem home from gentrification.

Netflix original series The Get Down sheds light on the queer history of Hip-Hop.

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Dana Bolger is a Senior Editor at Feministing and the co-founder of Know Your IX, the national youth-led organization working to end gender violence in schools. She's testified before Congress on Title IX policy and legislative reform, and her writing has appeared in a number of outlets, including The New York Times, Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal. She's also a student at Yale Law School, and you can find her on Twitter at @danabolger.

Dana Bolger is a Senior Editor at Feministing and a student at Yale Law School.

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