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Bernie Sanders Announces Bill To Abolish For-Profit Prison Industrial Complex
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders just made history by announcing that he will be introducing legislation that will dismantle America’s for-profit prison system and put an end to the systematic exploitation of prisoners, taxpayers, and the justice system. At a campaign rally in Nevada, he took aim at prison profiteers: “I will be introducing…
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California Is Using Prisoners As Slave Labor To Fight Deadly Forest Fires
The persistent drought California is experiencing is causing another huge problem in addition to water shortages: wildfires. Since 2002, more than half of the states’ biggest wildfires have occurred as a result of climate change. The largest wildfire in the state, the Rocky Fire, has burned almost 70,000 acres of forest, but it is 95…