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Some of the best recent photojournalism of mothers…
(1) Sana’a, Yemen. In this year’s World Press Photo award winning photograph, a mother comforts her injured son after anti-government protests clashed with security. Credit: Samuel Aranda. Via.
(2) Yida refugee camp, South Sudan. A woman from the Nuba Mountains holds her child at the refugee camp registration center, having escaped the airstrikes from Sudan. Credit: Ohanesian/AFP/Getty. Via.
(3) Lahore, Pakistan. May Day protesters gather in the capital of Punjab province. Credit: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty. Via.
(4) A Pakistani girl held by her mother follow a man down an alley of a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, the nation’s capital. Credit: Muhammed Muheisen/Associated Press. Via.
Source: thepoliticalnotebook
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[A] person convicted of a crime today might lose his right to vote as well as the right to serve on a jury. He might become ineligible for health and welfare benefits, food stamps, public housing, student loans, and certain types of employment. These restrictions exact a terrible toll. Given that most offenders already come from backgrounds of tremendous disadvantage, we heap additional disabilities upon existing disadvantage. By barring the felon from public housing, we make it more likely that he will become homeless and lose custody of his children. Once he is homeless, he is less likely to find a job. Without a job he is, in turn, less likely to find housing on the private market—his only remaining option. Without student loans, he cannot go back to school to try to create a better life for himself and his family. Like a black person living under the Old Jim Crow, a convicted criminal today becomes a member of a stigmatized caste, condemned to a lifetime of second-class citizenship.
Source: letterstomycountry
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