Native American women are murdered ten times more than non-Native women. Most disappear without a trace, leaving their families searching for justice on their own. It’s a story that has gotten very little national media attention and some of the women whose daughters have vanished, tell us they’ve never spoken out about their anguish before, but are doing so now in the hopes of raising awareness of these crimes.
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Native American Women and Girls are Disappearing Without a Trace
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Former Prosecutor: Incarceration Does Not Always Make Us Safer
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May 20, 2017There’s a new mandate from Attorney General Jeff Sessions telling federal prosecutors to “...
How the Pandemic Could Erase Decades of Progress for Women in the Workforce
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