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An Education Department report finds a dramatic increase in prison spending over education funding. The Obama administration is calling for a reprioritization.

A Clinton aide confirmed the agreement for NewsOne in an email statement, saying that her campaign will no longer accept contributions from federally registered lobbyists or PACs for private prison companies.

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When 22-year-old Kalief Browder took his life, New York City heaved. Browder spent three years on Rikers Island, the infamous New York City jail where he…

President Obama is not done making his rounds in pop culture. He’s been on Buzzfeed and the WTF with Marc Maron podcast, and now he…

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Oscar-winning singer John Legend just announced FREE AMERICA, a campaign meant to end mass incarceration. According to the Associated Press, it will be a multiyear…