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Prison Baby Revisits Jails to Support Incarcerated

By Deborah Jiang Stein ● Politics ● March 15, 2014

Deborah Jiang Stein was born in prison and now she’s back in a new role. “The women feel safe telling their stories in this circle. A corner of their filters drops–they know I won’t judge,” she writes in this excerpt from her memoir “Prison Baby.”

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Report: Iraqi Women Illegally Detained, Tortured

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● February 6, 2014

The Human Rights Watch report documents cases of women illegally detained and sometimes tortured. Far fewer women are in jail than men, but they face a “double burden” of social stigma after release, authors find.

DNC Parades Female Speakers; CNN Tweet Mocks Them

By WeNews Staff ● Uncategorized ● September 7, 2012

President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America Cecile Richards

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