Rachel Anspach

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MIC: How Democrats' silence on sex worker rights puts trans women of color in danger →

December 10, 2019 by Rachel Anspach
December 10, 2019 /Rachel Anspach
2020 election, Sex Worker Rights, FOSTA-SESTA, Black trans lives matter, sex work decriminalization, legalize sex work
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MIC: School dress codes unfairly target Black girls. But students are fighting back →

November 01, 2019 by Rachel Anspach
November 01, 2019 /Rachel Anspach
Black girls, Black girls matter, school to prison pipeline, dress codes, Intersectionality, education policy
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MIC: LGBTQ people of color are incarcerated and abused in jail at alarming rates →

August 04, 2019 by Rachel Anspach
August 04, 2019 /Rachel Anspach
LGBTQ Incarceration, Pride, LGBTQ, Black Lives Matter, Black trans lives matter
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MIC: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's concentration camp comments are 100% right →

June 27, 2019 by Rachel Anspach
June 27, 2019 /Rachel Anspach
Immigration, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, AOC, Ilhan Omar, Antisemitism, racial justice, American politics, immigration policy, immigration detention
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TEEN VOGUE: Trump's Policies Are Increasing Teen Stress and Eroding Mental Health →

November 12, 2018 by Rachel Anspach
November 12, 2018 /Rachel Anspach
Teen Vogue, Teen Mental Health, Generation Z, Immigration, Trump Administration, Race, Institutional Racism, Trauma Informed Care, Trauma, Racial Inequality
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REWIRE: In Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy,’ the Crushing Weight of America’s Destructive Appetites →

October 21, 2018 by Rachel Anspach
October 21, 2018 /Rachel Anspach
Heavy, Kiese Laymon, Book Review, Memoir, American society, American culture, Institutional Racism, sexual abuse, body image
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REWIRE: The Movement for Black Lives Sharpens Focus in Trump Era →

September 19, 2018 by Rachel Anspach
September 19, 2018 /Rachel Anspach
M4BL, Movement for Black Lives, Electoral Justice Project, Cash Bail, Money Bail, Trump Administration, GEO Group, Dream Defenders
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TEEN VOGUE: The Foster Care to Prison Pipeline →

May 25, 2018 by Rachel Anspach
May 25, 2018 /Rachel Anspach
Foster Care, National Foster Care Month, school to prison pipeline, foster care to prison pipeline, Teen Vogue, Juvenile Justice, Criminal Justice, Mass Incarceration
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TEEN VOGUE: How Foster Care Works in the United States →

May 17, 2018 by Rachel Anspach
May 17, 2018 /Rachel Anspach
Foster Care, Teen Vogue, National Foster Care Month, Race, Institutional Racism
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REWIRE: Bailing Out Black Mamas Means Bailing Out Trans People →

May 09, 2018 by Rachel Anspach
May 09, 2018 /Rachel Anspach
#FreeBlackMamas, Black Lives Matter, trans rights, Cash Bail, Money Bail, Movement for Black Lives, Mama's Day Bail Out, Rewire
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THEM: Call Me by My Pronouns: Why Gay Men Call Each Other "Girl" →

May 03, 2018 by Rachel Anspach
May 03, 2018 /Rachel Anspach
Feminism, Queer linguistics, LGBTQ culture, pronouns
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MIC: These Black Teens are Demanding that Chicago Invest in Schools instead of Police with #NoCopAcademy →

April 02, 2018 by Rachel Anspach
April 02, 2018 /Rachel Anspach
Chicago, #NoCopAcademy, Black Lives Matter, Rahm Emanuel, Police Brutality, Chicago Public Schools
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JEZEBEL: After 5 Months, the #NYCStripperStrike is Poised to Go Nationwide →

March 21, 2018 by Rachel Anspach
March 21, 2018 /Rachel Anspach
#NYCStripperStrike, Sex Worker Rights, Stripper, Intersectionality, Gizelle Marie
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BUST: All-Gender Tailors Bindle & Keep Are Dressing Wrongfully Convicted Prisoners →

March 13, 2018 by Rachel Anspach
March 13, 2018 /Rachel Anspach
Queer fashion, LGBTQ culture, Innocence Project, Bindle & Keep
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REWIRE: Will Advocates Finally Bring Down the Industry Turning a Profit off the Backs of Poor Families? →

December 10, 2017 by Rachel Anspach
December 10, 2017 /Rachel Anspach
Cash Bail, Money Bail, Mass Incarceration
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COMPLEX: Why White People Have a Responsibility to Fight White Supremacy →

December 10, 2017 by Rachel Anspach
December 10, 2017 /Rachel Anspach
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JEZEBEL: Enterprising Strippers Organize #NYCStripperStrike in Response to Pervasive and Racist Pay Disparities →

November 24, 2017 by Rachel Anspach
November 24, 2017 /Rachel Anspach
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MIC: How Money Bail Impacts the Lives of Children with Incarcerated Parents →

November 15, 2017 by Rachel Anspach
November 15, 2017 /Rachel Anspach
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AMERICAN PROSPECT: National Police Union Mum on Brutality Concerns →

November 15, 2017 by Rachel Anspach
November 15, 2017 /Rachel Anspach
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COMPLEX: 3 Troubling Stories that Prove Trump's War on Drugs is Targeting People of Color

November 15, 2017 by Rachel Anspach
November 15, 2017 /Rachel Anspach
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