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Why toxic relationships are so draining. And when to break them off.
Who you let into your mental space matters.
February 02, 2019
The 13th Amendment: How companies are turning prisons into cash cows
Here's how the 13th Amendment allows companies make a dubious profit off the backs of prisoners.
March 12, 2018
How Prison Sets Inmates Up for Failure after Their Release
Shaka spent nearly two decades in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder, and spent 7 of those years in solitary confinement. But he says that it's life after prison that can be much more shocking.
October 01, 2017
Shaka Senghor
In 1991, Shaka Senghor pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and spent the next 19 years behind bars, seven of them in solitary confinement. Today, Senghor has become a vocal advocate for prison reform, and tackling the problem of mass incarceration, in all its complex ugliness, head on. Senghor’s memoir, Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death, and Redemption in an American Prison, was released in March 2016 and debuted on The New York Times Best Seller List as well as The Washington Post Best Seller List.
