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Protestors; Black man holds sign that says, "Stop killing us."
Kenrya Rankin  Sep 20, 2017 11:23AM EDT

READ: Attorney Advocate in St. Louis Asks When Her City Will Begin to Value Black Lives

Nicole D. Nelson: “All of this is exhausting. The insensitivity. The mockery of real struggle and pain. The disregard. The arrogance.”
Two Black women with floral wreaths around their heads who were bailed out of Pinellas County Jail in Clearwater, Florida, by Dream Defenders on May 11, 2017, talk to a reporter about National Bail Out day.
Dani McClain  Sep 6, 2017 4:57PM EDT

Inside the Movement to Free People Who Are Only in Jail Because They Can't Afford Bail

Eliminating cash bail has become a focal point in the fight to transform the criminal justice system. Inside the wins and challenges of a growing movement that raises money to free people of color who are in jail simply because they can’t afford to post bail.