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"The nation’s largest private prison company, the Corrections Corporation of America, is on a buying..."

Thu, 03 May 2012 15:37:07 -0400

“The nation’s largest private prison company, the Corrections Corporation of America, is on a buying spree. With a war chest of $250 million, the corporation, which is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, earlier this year sent letters to 48 states, offering to buy their prisons outright. To ensure their profitability, the corporation insists that it be guaranteed that the prisons be kept at least 90 percent full. Plus, the corporate jailers demand a 20-year management contract, on top of the profits they expect to extract by spending less money per prisoner.”

- Private Prison Corporations Are Modern Day Slave Traders

by Glen Ford, April 25, 2012 by Black Agenda Report

(via harmreduction)

case study: how privatized healthcare enables transphobia, dehumanizes the poor

Thu, 03 May 2012 15:15:07 -0400

case study: how privatized healthcare enables transphobia, dehumanizes the poor:

“The fact is that in Canada or Japan or elsewhere in the industrialized world Perla would not have needed to commit fraud just to get basic healthcare (which is apparently what she obtained). And that is the real story in this news piece, not her trans status.”

freececemcdonald: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MEDIA ADVISORY May 2,...

Thu, 03 May 2012 14:31:53 -0400

freececemcdonald:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MEDIA ADVISORY

May 2, 2012

Contact: Katie Burgess, Executive Director, Trans Youth Support Network, transyouthsupportnetwork@gmail.com, (612) 363-7574; and Billy Navarro, Jr., MN Transgender Health Coalition, mntranspr@gmail.com, (612)823-1152

Supporters of Chrishaun McDonald Hold Press Conference After Opening Statements

Local and National Transgender Leaders Update Public on McDonald’s Case

Supporters of Chrishuan “CeCe” McDonald will hold a press conference Wednesday, May 02 at noon on the North Steps of the Hennepin County Government Building, The press conference will precede opening statements from attorneys for the defense and prosecution in McDonald’s case.

What: Press Conference

When: Wednesday, May 2, 12pm

Where: Hennepin County Government Center, North Steps

The press conference will include brief remarks from:

·         Rai’vyn Cross, McDonald’s sister

·         Dean Spade, Professor at Seattle University School of Law and founder of the New York-based Sylvia Rivera Law Project

·         Katie Burgess, Director of Minneapolis’s Trans Youth Support Network.

Speakers will provide the latest updates on McDonald’s case and discuss the broader issues facing transgender women of color as they relate to McDonald’s case.

McDonald’s trial began Monday, April 30. Members of the CeCe McDonald Support Committee will be available for interviews following the press conference.

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explore-blog: It’s not self-indulgence, it’s self-care – a...

Thu, 03 May 2012 14:18:23 -0400

explore-blog:

It’s not self-indulgence, it’s self-care – a beautiful reminder from illustrator Aimee Myers Dolich, reminiscent of the wonderful and wise Advice to Sink in Slowly and the Live Now project.

Many of Aimee’s colorful doodles are available on Etsy.