Tag: Donna Crane

Supermajority group seeks mobilization of women in politics

Reprinted from The Voice, May 9, 2019 Cecile Richards, a recent guest on the MSNBC Morning Joe television program, announced that she and co-sponsor Alicia Garza have formed a new organization entitled: “Supermajority.” The following article was written by Chantal da Silva for Newsweek. “Three prominent activists have launched an

Mothers in prison rarely see their children or families

Reprinted from November 28, 2019Last of three parts Nearly two-thirds of imprisoned mothers have never received a visit from their children. Jill McCorkel, professor of sociology and criminology, Villanova University in Philadelphia, submitted the following article to The Conversation. “Prison visits are expensive. Traveling to remote locations means that many

Mothers in prison rarely see their children or families

Reprinted from November 28, 2019Second of three parts Nearly two-thirds of imprisoned mothers have never received a visit from their children. Jill McCorkel, professor of sociology and criminology, Villanova University in Philadelphia, submitted the following article to The Conversation. “Visits are the exception rather than the norm in American prisons.

Native Americans’ right to vote systematically violated

Reprinted from November 12, 2020Last of three parts Native Americans’ right to vote has been systematically violated for generations. In the new book, Voting in Indian Country, The View from the Trenches, Jean Reith Schroedel weaves together historical and contemporary voting rights’ conflicts on the eve of the November 3

Native Americans’ right to vote systematically violated

Reprinted from November 12, 2020Second of three parts Native Americans’ right to vote has been systematically violated for generations. In the new book, Voting in Indian Country, The View from the Trenches, Jean Reith Schroedel weaves together historical and contemporary voting rights’ conflicts on the eve of the November 3

Three theories hold credence for monarchs’ diminution

Last of two parts The previous part is at https://thevoice.us/research-seeks-to-stop-disappearance-of-monarchs “Erin Zylstra, a Michigan State University (MSU) postdoctoral research associate asks: “Why is the eastern monarch butterfly disappearing? “A Spartan-led research team has uncovered an answer, at least for the most recent population decline, with a huge assist from volunteers.