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The Fate of Faith Ringgold’s Rikers Mural Is More Complicated Than You Think
The new documentary "Paint Me a Road Out of Here" details the history of a painting by Faith Ringgold, created for the Rikers ...
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Pauses Job Cuts at U.S.A.I.D.
Judge Carl Nichols of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, a 2019 Trump appointee, said after a hearing that ...
GOP bills would end gender transition care in KY prisons, codify ‘Women’s Bill of Rights’
The bill would affect 67 transgender Kentuckians currently incarcerated who are receiving gender-affirming care via cross-sex ...
Kentucky bill would ban gender transition care in state prisons
Kentucky Senate Bill 2, filed by Republican Sen. Mike Wilson, aims to prevent the Department of Corrections from funding gender transition care for inmates. While Kentucky's Attorney General ...
Hamas to release three Israeli men Saturday in latest round of exchanges under ceasefire deal
Hamas has released the names of three Israeli men it said it would free from Gaza on Saturday, in what will be the fifth ...
More than 150 female inmates raped and burned to death during Goma jailbreak in DRC, UN says
More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire to a prison in Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, a United ...
‘Paint Me a Road Out of Here’: Faith Ringgold’s Gift to Prisoners
In 1971, the artist Faith Ringgold received a grant to make a painting for a public institution in New York City. She decided to ask the prisoners in the Women’s House of Detention on Rikers Island ...