Rachel Anspach
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MIC: How Democrats' silence on sex worker rights puts trans women of color in danger
MIC: School dress codes unfairly target Black girls. But students are fighting back
MIC: LGBTQ people of color are incarcerated and abused in jail at alarming rates
MIC: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's concentration camp comments are 100% right
TEEN VOGUE: Trump's Policies Are Increasing Teen Stress and Eroding Mental Health
REWIRE: In Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy,’ the Crushing Weight of America’s Destructive Appetites
REWIRE: The Movement for Black Lives Sharpens Focus in Trump Era
TEEN VOGUE: The Foster Care to Prison Pipeline
TEEN VOGUE: How Foster Care Works in the United States
REWIRE: Bailing Out Black Mamas Means Bailing Out Trans People
THEM: Call Me by My Pronouns: Why Gay Men Call Each Other "Girl"
MIC: These Black Teens are Demanding that Chicago Invest in Schools instead of Police with #NoCopAcademy
JEZEBEL: After 5 Months, the #NYCStripperStrike is Poised to Go Nationwide
BUST: All-Gender Tailors Bindle & Keep Are Dressing Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners
REWIRE: Will Advocates Finally Bring Down the Industry Turning a Profit off the Backs of Poor Families?
COMPLEX: Why White People Have a Responsibility to Fight White Supremacy
JEZEBEL: Enterprising Strippers Organize #NYCStripperStrike in Response to Pervasive and Racist Pay Disparities
MIC: How Money Bail Impacts the Lives of Children with Incarcerated Parents
AMERICAN PROSPECT: National Police Union Mum on Brutality Concerns
COMPLEX: 3 Troubling Stories that Prove Trump's War on Drugs is Targeting People of Color
TEEN VOGUE: What It's Like to Have an Incarcerated Parent
TEEN VOGUE: Why Disabled Youth Are More at Risk of Being Incarcerated
SLATE: Unimaginable Cruelty
SALON: Blue is not a race
COMPLEX: How Trump is Quietly Making it Easier for People of Color to Get Arrested
BROADLY: Pregnant Mom Jailed for Three Weeks for Driving Without a License
COMPLEX: Harvey's Devastating Impact on Houston's People of Color
REWIRE: ‘It Gave Me Hope’: Reflections on the Cash Bail System From Black Women Bailed Out by National Coalition
REWIRE: The Cash Bail System is Unconstitutional--So Why Won't the Practice End?
TEEN VOGUE: Why Trans Youth are More at Risk for Deportation