So many times we, as human beings, overlook abuse. We fail to realize the extent of how bad it can be. There are so many people who suffer from it. There are so many people who try to hide it. Those who...
Ban the Box
By Demond A. Jackson
The “ban the box” movement is an initiative, which urges employers to wait until employers are being interviewed or have tentative job offers before asking...
The New Jim Crow
I know what its like
To wear the Scarlet letter “S”
And to be branded
By four letters on my chest
L(Leper)
I(Institutionalized)
F(Felon)
E for everywhere I go
I know what its...
Your Hands
Your hands are like gold
They have even touched my soul
Your hands are really priceless
They can give breath to the lifeless
Your hands are like the sand
In the hourglass of life’s command
I’m...
$The Value Of Adversity$
They tell me to be real
As if I should not expect to be great
Pain I no longer feel
I can smile in the face of hate
You tell me to be realistic
That some mountains are not meant...
Justice Prolonged.
For the past few weeks the unrest in the city of Baltimore has been receiving media attention. In the wake of eh murder of 25 year old Freddie Gray. Even some of eh city’s...
Love and Support
By Charles Pullen
I think people often under estimate the power of “Love and Support” I know I did. I’m maybe young, but my time behind these walls have taught me a whole...
Conscientious Objector
Today
I object
With the force of all my conscience
And consciousness
On the second Sunday
This month of May
Because I love my mother everyday
In each and every way
Thirty-one years...
BOSTON —Three former prison guards were indicted Thursday on involuntary manslaughter and civil rights charges in connection with the restraint death of a mentally ill inmate in 2009.
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Love’s In Need Of Love Today
When we’ve reach a point
Where those that we love the most
Hurt us the most
And cause us the most pain
Then we must know
That love’s in need of love today
Just...