feature image via thebluedolphins.blogspot.com A few days ago I listened while Francesca, a woman I’ve come to know during a decade of working with criminalized […]
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Orange Frosted Hostess Cupcakes
feature image from Steven Brisson Maureen Norton-Hawk, co-author of Can’t Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility, recently learned that […]
The Women of Can’t Catch a Break – Christmas 2014 Updates
This is the second “Reader’s Guide to Updates” on the women of Can’t Catch a Break. (Click here for the previous update.) Not all of […]
Video: Can’t Catch a Break
My colleague Maureen Norton-Hawk and I recently had an opportunity to speak about our book Can’t Catch a Break: Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the the […]
Video: Alternatives to Incarceration
As awareness is growing of the costs (both financial and human) of mass incarceration, we’re hearing more about alternatives to incarceration. These alternatives include various […]
Eulogy for Elizabeth
This was a hard week. Threatened with a 60 year prison sentence for firing a warning shot in the presence of her chronically abusive husband, […]
Outcast Island
October 9, 2014 marked the end of an era for Boston’s homeless, ill and marginalized residents when the sole bridge to Long Island was closed […]
Why Brain Science Won’t Cure Poverty
This article was first published by The Conversation. Recently I’ve seen news reports with headlines like this one: “Can Brain Science Help Lift People Out […]
Paid Sick Leave: It’s More Than Just a Day Off
feature image via Cody Glenn, The Daily Journal Francesca, a woman I have come to know during the past seven years, has tried hard to […]
Sex, Gender and Informed Consent
A shorter (and much pithier) version of this essay was published today in the Washington Post. California’s SB967 – better known as the “yes means […]
Pink Ribbon Extravaganza
A newer version of this post (with more great photos) can be read here. And click here to get to the Bitch podcast “Popaganda Episode: […]
Updates on the Women of Can’t Catch a Break
The publication of Can’t Catch a Break is not the end of the stories of the women whose life experiences are described in the book. […]