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Women's History Month: Dorothea Dix
The intersection of feminism and criminal justice advocacy is one that I don’t believe receives enough attention. Although women are not...
Leila Sheridan
Mar 7, 2021
Pritzker Signs Pretrial Fairness Act Into Law
On Monday, February 22, Illinois Govoner JB Pritzker signed the Pretrial Fairness Act into law. The Pretrial Fairness Act covers a myriad...
Leila Sheridan
Feb 27, 2021
Texas's Incarceration Facilities Are Freezing
People experiencing incarceration in the United States are constantly dehumanized and treated violently, and as Texans run out of basic...
Leila Sheridan
Feb 21, 2021
Could Trump Be Impeached...Again?
What we saw on January 6th at the Capitol was an attempted coup, spearheaded by Donald Trump and his actions throughout his presidency....
Leila Sheridan
Jan 12, 2021
Let's Talk About Georgia
Georgia Senate runoff: Two Democrats, Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, have made history and won over the state of Georgia--a state...
Leila Sheridan
Jan 10, 2021
Justice For Julius
A forty-five-year-old white businessman, Paul Howell, was murdered in 1999 in Edmond, Oklahoma. In a city known for its white-flight...
Leila Sheridan
Jan 2, 2021
Leila's Lines- Week 6
What is The Squad? During the 2018 midterms, four women of color and first-time candidates were elected to congress. This tetrad has...
Leila Sheridan
Nov 15, 2020
Leila's Lines- Prison Gerrymandering
The complications of the electoral college have become a pertinent issue to many Americans, leaving many to ponder how we can consider a...
Leila Sheridan
Nov 12, 2020
Leila's Lines- What If Neither Candidate Gets 270 Votes?
What happens if neither candidate gets 270 electoral votes to win? If neither Trump nor Biden gets 270 electoral votes, the outcome of...
Leila Sheridan
Nov 2, 2020
Sober Homes: Money VS. Treatment
While the facade of sober homes is to benefit drug users, the true beneficiary of such programs are those who run them. Sober homes are...
Leila Sheridan
Aug 16, 2020
