By Sadie Dawn Robertson Editor’s note: Sadie Dawn Robertson is currently incarcerated at Lowell Correctional Institution in Ocala, Fla. [dropcap][/dropcap]When I was pregnant with my daughter, I had sciatica bad and would do anything to...
From our Community Based News Room (CBNR): When Jan Shelly retired in 2016, she thought she would spend her days reading novels on the beach all day. She had put in decades of advocacy work for dozens of causes. Then Donald Trump became president.
CBNR contributor Kathy Carlin writes that when you have a daughter incarcerated, your life changes drastically, your faith in humanity diminishes, and your hope for a brighter future dims. Every day, you have to rise above what wants to drag you...
Stories don't just capture the public's imagination. They inspire people to act. They force institutions to change. As journalists and lawyers, we see far too often how the policies that impact people's lives often rest on the stories that decision...