Formerly incarcerated people are 10 times more likely to become homeless than people without criminal backgrounds. The Housing FIRST Act would ban credit-check companies from including criminal history information on prospective tenants’ files if enacted.
Federal lawmakers are asking the National Institute of Mental Health to research the condition—also known as post-incarceration syndrome—and share its findings with lawmakers.
More than 35 members of Congress signed a letter asking Biden to commute the sentences of the remaining 50 people on federal death row.
Progressive policies face a committee structure that distorts democracy and favors corporate-backed centrists.
A measure on the ballot next month would allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote, a change that advocates say would crucially expand the voting pool.
Members of Congress have introduced a bill that would create a National Center on Anti-Racism in Health.
A Brooklyn teacher tried three times to get treatment for the coronavirus. Now she’s fighting for her life.
The U.S. representative said her husband helped her realize that when one person is incarcerated, many more are affected.
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez of Texas told The Appeal about her vision for a complete overhaul of her state’s legal system.
The Appeal spoke with the lawmaker about her “entirely new blueprint for a just society.”