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‘Attica Day’ Is Fading Fast. Here’s Why This 53-Year-Old Tradition Still Matters.

For decades, New York prisoners have refused meals on Sept. 13 to mark the end of the 1971 Attica prison uprising. Inside a ritual in decline.

Life Inside • 09.12.2025

What, to the American Incarcerated Person, Is Your Fourth of July?

In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ historic speech, 20 currently and formerly incarcerated Americans explain what Independence Day means to them.

Life Inside • 07.04.2025

DOJ Shakeup May Put Civil Rights Probe of 1970 Jackson State, Mississippi, Killings At Risk

The Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Act made way for investigations of racially motivated killings. The federal agency enforcing it is in disarray.

Jackson • 05.14.2025

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