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20 November 2018
Detroit, Michigan, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Street Outreach Court Detroit is a collaboration between the courts and service providers to waive legal and financial obligations post-conviction if a person makes a commitment to an individualized action plan. These...
19 November 2018
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Broadcast TV News
Under 800 Words
A Kansas City non-profit called Healing Pathway Victim Service Agency aids children, or the "smallest co-victims" as they call them, of crimes and homicides through case management, education, victim advocacy and trau...
19 November 2018
Tyler, Texas, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
The legal process for changing your name and gender on drivers' licenses or birth certificates was—and, to a degree, still is—convoluted, expensive, and time-consuming. A grassroots movement started after the 2016 Pre...
12 November 2018
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Radio
Over 15 Minutes
As Michigan cities struggle with high eviction rates, Cleveland is trying out some creative ways to mitigate the difficult effects of eviction. One effort, mediation between tenants and landlords, might lead to evicti...
5 November 2018
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Text
Over 3000 Words
As incarceration rates of women in America continue to rise, Still She Rises, a project of the Bronx Defenders, uses a holistic approach to legal defense for incarcerated mothers in Tulsa, OK. Attorneys for the organi...
The Philadelphia Citizen
Meerabelle Jesuthasan
30 October 2018
United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Borderwise is an online interface that makes it easier to apply for a green card or naturalization in the United States. Since Borderwise was created in 2016, more than 80.000 immigration forms have been prepared usin...
29 October 2018
Los Angeles, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Created by three actors who are sexual assault survivors, Voices In Action is a secure and private system to report abuse. Those that report abuse can be connected to legal representation through the site as well as r...
18 October 2018
United Kingdom
Text
800-1500 Words
The Do Not Pay app is helping people take the law into their own hands. The app offers free legal counsel to users and “has helped fight $16 million in parking tickets in the U.K. and U.S.” In addition, people who use...
Scalawag
Michael Cooper
15 October 2018
North Carolina, United States
Multi-Media
1500-3000 Words
Twenty years ago, five, poor, rural counties sued the state of North Carolina for failing to provide students with a good education, and won. In 1997 the Chief Justice Supreme Court judge ruled in favor of the plainti...
11 October 2018
Texas, United States
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
An unlikely relationship between Frances Jalet, an attorney, and Fred Cruz, an inmate, led to some of the most historic rulings against the Texas Department of Corrections. Jalet became a plaintiff in one of the suits...
10 October 2018
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A collaboration between artists, lawyers, and community members has resulted in expungement clinics that clean or clear criminal records in a manner that is legally binding and emotionally therapeutic. Clinic attendee...
16 September 2018
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Podcast
Over 15 Minutes
In North Tulsa, Still She Rises provides free legal help to mothers charged with crimes. But the services extend beyond that. Every client gets not just a lawyer, but also a client advocate to arrange a "holistic defe...
3 September 2018
New York, New York, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Project SAFE, based in New York, is providing justice-oriented programs and courts around the country with a lesson in intersectionality. Citing the unique realities that Black women face, the project partners with ot...
29 August 2018
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A digital tool called Restore Your Vote launched in the summer of 2018 to help ex-convicts understand their voting restoration status after re-integrating into society. The initiative, which has been piloted in Alabam...
20 August 2018
Malaysia
Text
800-1500 Words
Blockchain can be used to create digital identities for people who have lost legal documents or been denied citizenship. The technology is helping Rohingya in Malaysia, Bangladesh, and Saudi Arabia gain access to bank...
9 August 2018
New York, New York, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
In New York City, a citywide initiative known as Action NYC is connecting immigrants with free legal help and other comprehensive services. While the city provides outreach and coordination, community organizations wi...
1 August 2018
United States
Multi-Media
800-1500 Words
Paladin, a software program is helping lawyers find pro-bono cases. Pro-bono cases are inputted into the platform, then teams of lawyers can make an account and sign up to pick up a case. Already companies like Verizo...
The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia Media Network)
Samantha Melamed
10 July 2018
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
A couple created a nonprofit in Philadelphia to make micro grants for those who need small amounts to pay off medical bills or legal fees so they can move on with their lives. The effort garnered modest donations, inc...
2 July 2018
United States
Multi-Media
Over 3000 Words
The ACLU has unrolled a new operation to counter human rights abuses under the current administration. They’ve hired more lawyers, taken 170 “Trump-related legal actions, and filed 83 lawsuits against the Trump admini...
25 June 2018
San Francisco, California, United States
Multi-Media
Over 15 Minutes
A fundraiser called “Reunite an immigrant parent with their child” raised $19 million in one week for the Texas nonprofit RAICES. Creators Charlotte and Dave Willner say almost half a million people have donated via F...
6 June 2018
Burlington, Vermont, United States
Text
Under 800 Words
Vermont lawmakers tried to make it easier for domestic violence victims to seek a special type of restraining order even if law enforcement does not have enough evidence to make an arrest. If it's granted the accused ...
23 March 2018
Baghdad, Iraq
Text
800-1500 Words
The Shahrazad Center in Baghdad offers workshops and free legal services to women experiencing domestic abuse, violence, threats and gender-based discrimination. Lawyer Rajaa Abd Ali says, “Here we teach women their r...
18 January 2018
Los Angeles, California, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
After California legalized recreational use of marijuana, Los Angeles took the initiative even further to address the social and systemic inequity caused by the war on drugs of communities of color. The city undertook...
The Philadelphia Citizen
Thomas Fox Parry
29 November 2017
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
While there are many factors that have contributed to the sky high incarceration rates in the United States which have left prisons bursting at the seams, one of the causes remains the simple fact that the resources o...
Yes! Magazine
Amy Roe
27 November 2017
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Text
800-1500 Words
Across the United States, organizations like Southerners on New ground and the Bronx Freedom Fund are posting bail for individuals facing low-level offenses who cannot afford it on their own. Such initiatives have gai...
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