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Hometown drag queen Biddy Bee goes virtual to practice her art — and winds up raising money for good causes Rita Giordano, The Philadelphia Inquirer © TOM GRALISH/The Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS Nick Biddle arrives by bike prior to showtime at the Rittenhouse home of Patti and Dave Beik, parents his co-host Allie Beik. He begins his makeup at home, then finishes his transformation to drag queen Biddy Bee in the Beiks living room. “M’wah! Oh, hellllOOOOOO, bergers! Oh, yAA...

Illinois Becomes First State to Completely Eliminate Cash Bail The new law reforms the states criminal justice system and takes steps to decriminalize poverty. Why Global Citizens Should Care The practice of cash bail criminalizes poverty by forcing low-income people to stay in jail before their trial when they cannot afford their bail amount. Many of these defendants wait years before a trial date is set, leading to negative mental health effects and stigma surrounding their detention. Take a...

Big Mouths Brandon Kyle Goodman on Nonbinary Representation Nonbinary writer and advocate Brandon Kyle Goodman adds purpose to his punch lines. February 23 2021 8:00 AM EST Television has not always been an affirming place for Black queer voices, but Brandon Kyle Goodman is changing that one punch line at a time. The 33-year-old nonbinary writer, actor, and advocate (who uses the pronouns he or they) has made a name for himself writing for Netflix’s hilarious animated series Big Mouth, a sh...

Rantz reports that groups led by white people were not allowed to receive money. Oregon, which has similar guidelines for disbursement, is currently the target of a class-action lawsuit for requiring an unconstitutional race test to receive federal dollars. Groups that helped the entire swath of community members, but were led by white people, were not given priority for these funds. Rantz linked to a list of those groups, which one might assume would be helpful in divvying up the money for pe...

Rantz: State funneled federal COVID relief to radical political groups, all based on race February 16, 2021 at 2:10 pm Broken windows at a Tacoma Aladdin Bail Bonds. Some activists find cash bail racist. One group is trying to end cash bail for that reason. In the meantime, theyll pay for a suspects bail. Now, federal tax dollars helped. (Jason Rantz, KTTH) The Washington State Department of Commerce gave federal COVID relief tax dollars to nonprofits pursuing radical politi...

The Black Church: This Is Our Story, This Is Our Song is a four-hour, two-part documentary following the 400-year history of the Black church in America, from its genesis as a vital source of strength

Inmates at the St. Louis City Justice Center took over two units in the jail on February 6. Editors note: After our original story published on February 6, we continued to report as we prepared for the Riverfront Times print issue. We updated this post on February 10 with that greatly expanded version of the story. More than 100 inmates at the St. Louis City Justice Center took over two units of the jail early Saturday morning, shattering fourth-floor windows and setting small fires as they ca...

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Reforming the cash bail system benefits both the accused and taxpayers Sara E. Murphy, For Beacon Magazine Published 7:21 am UTC Feb. 10, 2021 Beacon Magazine and the Savannah Morning News explore the effects of race and class discrimination in Savannah institutions and offer solutions to overcoming the obstacles that divide us. A fundamental tenet of the American criminal justice system is its presumption that the accused is innocent until proven guilty, yet 74 percent of people in U.S. jails ...

Inmates at the St. Louis Justice Center start fires after breaking windows on the fourth floor, yelling to those watching from the street, in St. Louis on Saturday, February 6, 2021. St. Louis Public Safety Director Jimmie Edwards says the event started when a detainee began fighting with a corrections officer around 2:30 A.M. Other prisoners began beating the guard after they were able to free themselves from their cells. About 65 inmates were moved to the Medium Security facility in north St....