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Maya Schenwar, the Glossary

Maya Schenwar (born November 10, 1982) is the editor-in-chief of Truthout and a writer focused on prison-related topics.^[1]

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AlterNet

AlterNet is a left-leaning news website based in the United States.

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Amazon.com, Inc., doing business as Amazon, is an American multinational technology company, engaged in e-commerce, cloud computing, online advertising, digital streaming, and artificial intelligence.

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Anthology

In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors.

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Bail

Bail is a set of pre-trial restrictions that are imposed on a suspect to ensure that they will not hamper the judicial process.

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Baltimore

Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland.

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Bitch (magazine)

Bitch was an independent, quarterly alternative magazine published in Portland, Oregon.

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ColorLines

Colorlines is a digital media platform that seeks to build a political home for everyday people and activists.

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A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with a shared socially significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity.

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Cook County, Illinois

Cook County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Illinois and the second-most-populous county in the United States, after Los Angeles County, California.

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Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! is an hour-long TV, radio, and Internet news program based in Manhattan and hosted by journalists Amy Goodman (who also acts as the show's executive producer), Juan González, and Nermeen Shaikh.

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Feministing

Feministing.com was a feminist blog founded in 2004 by sisters Jessica and Vanessa Valenti.

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Gender nonconformity

Gender nonconformity or gender variance is behavior or gender expression by an individual that does not match masculine or feminine gender norms.

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High Times

High Times is an American monthly magazine (and cannabis brand) that advocates the legalization of cannabis as well as other counterculture ideas.

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In These Times (magazine)

In These Times is an American politically progressive monthly magazine of news and opinion published in Chicago, Illinois.

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Independent Publisher Book Awards

The Independent Publisher Book Awards, also styled as the IPPY Awards, are a set of annual literary awards for independently published books.

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KPFA

KPFA (94.1 FM) is a public, listener-funded talk radio and music radio station located in Berkeley, California, broadcasting to the San Francisco Bay Area.

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KPFK

KPFK (90.7 FM) is a listener-sponsored radio station based in North Hollywood, California, United States, which serves Southern California, and also streams 24 hours a day via the Internet.

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KPFT

KPFT (90.1 FM) is a listener-sponsored community radio station in Houston, Texas, which began broadcasting March 1, 1970 as the fourth station in the Pacifica radio family.

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Lannan Literary Awards

The Lannan Literary Awards are a series of awards and literary fellowships given out in various fields by the Lannan Foundation.

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Library Journal

Library Journal is an American trade publication for librarians.

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Marfa Public Radio

Marfa Public Radio is a network of public radio stations serving the Big Bend region of Far West Texas.

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Michelle Alexander

Michelle Alexander (born October 7, 1967) is an American writer, attorney, and civil rights activist.

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Minnesota Public Radio

Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) is a public radio network for the state of Minnesota.

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Ms. (magazine)

Ms. is an American feminist magazine co-founded in 1971 by journalist and social/political activist Gloria Steinem.

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NJ.com

NJ.com is a digital news content provider and website in New Jersey owned by Advance Publications.

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Police brutality

Police brutality is the excessive and unwarranted use of force by law enforcement against an individual or a group.

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Prison

A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, remand center, hoosegow, or slammer is a facility where people are imprisoned against their will and denied their liberty under the authority of the state, generally as punishment for various crimes.

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Prison abolition movement

The prison abolition movement is a network of groups and activists that seek to reduce or eliminate prisons and the prison system, and replace them with systems of rehabilitation and education that do not focus on punishment and government institutionalization.

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Public speaking

Public speaking, also called oratory, is the act or skill of delivering speeches on a subject before a live audience.

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Punk Planet

Punk Planet was a 16,000 print run punk zine, based in Chicago, Illinois, that focused most of its energy on looking at punk subculture rather than punk as simply another genre of music to which teenagers listen.

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Restorative justice

Restorative justice is an approach to justice that aims to repair the harm done to victims.

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Revolving fund

A revolving fund is a fund or account that remains available to finance an organization's continuing operations without any fiscal year limitation, because the organization replenishes the fund by repaying money used from the account.

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Sigma Delta Chi Award

The Sigma Delta Chi Awards are presented annually by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ) (formerly Sigma Delta Chi) for excellence in journalism.

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Society of Professional Journalists

The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi, is the oldest organization representing journalists in the United States.

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Solitary Watch

Solitary Watch is a web-based project that aims to bring public attention to the widespread use of solitary confinement in the United States.

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TakePart

TakePart was a website operated by Participant Media, a motion picture studio that focuses on issues of social justice.

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Talking Points Memo

Talking Points Memo (TPM) is a liberal political news and opinion website created and run by Josh Marshall that debuted on November 12, 2000.

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TED (conference)

TED Conferences, LLC (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is an American-Canadian non-profit media organization that posts international talks online for free distribution under the slogan "ideas worth spreading".

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Majority Report with Sam Seder

The Majority Report with Sam Seder is a left wing, progressive internet talk radio program and podcast hosted by Sam Seder.

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The Nation

The Nation is a progressive American monthly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Real News Network

The Real News Network (TRNN) is a news organization based in Baltimore, Maryland, that covers both national and international news.

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The Sun (magazine)

The Sun is a magazine based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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The Toast (website)

The Toast was an American anthology, humor and feminist writing website, founded by editors Nicole Cliffe and Daniel M. Lavery (né Ortberg) and publisher Nicholas Pavich.

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Thom Hartmann

Thomas Carl Hartmann (born May 7, 1951) is an American radio personality, author, businessman, and progressive political commentator.

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Transformative justice

Transformative justice is a spectrum of social, economic, legal, and political practices and philosophies that aim to focus on the structures and underlying conditions that perpetuate harm and injustice.

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Truthout

Truthout is an American non-profit news organization which describes itself as "dedicated to providing independent reporting and commentary on a diverse range of social justice issues".

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Utne Reader

Utne Reader (also known as Utne) is a digital digest that collects and reprints articles on politics, culture, and the environment, generally from alternative media sources including journals, newsletters, weeklies, zines, music, and DVDs.

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Victoria Law

Victoria Law, familiarly known as Vikki Law, is an American anarchist activist, prison abolitionist, writer, freelance editor, and photographer. Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law are prison abolitionists.

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