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Faced with popular initiatives to protect abortion rights and other measures they dislike, state Republicans are passing new bills that local advocates say will hollow out direct democracy. Organizers ...

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“Just an Opportunity to Come Home” Illinois, Minnesota, and New Mexico this year abolished sentences of life without parole for juveniles. Now comes the hard part. Daniel Nichanian | June 29, 2023 ...

Coloradans voted in 2018 to amend their state constitution to ban forced labor in prison. Years later, incarcerated people are still being punished for refusing work assignments.