a new study that goes further than any other to show just how prevalent child marriage is in the U.S. at the time, prisoners in New York state received one roll of toilet paper monthly and were allowed only one shower a week. In addition, as a rule, inmate letters written in foreign languages were discarded by overseers before reaching their intended recipients, and Islam was deemed an illegitimate faith. Moreover, in Attica specifically, the guards — most of whom were white — were said to be deeply hostile toward inmates. “I was conscious of the racial prejudice. The guards — they were vicious. They had no qualms about calling you nigger. The prison ran on anger. It ran on fright,” one of the rioters, Carlos Roche,explained in a BBC news specialThat summer, inmates drafteda list of 27 grievances The father of a 16-year-old student in Chicago is suing the city’s schools, police department, and two officers on his daughter’s behalf following a violent altercation caught on tape. According to theChicago Sun-Times In this op-ed, Koko Ntuen pays tribute to Aretha Franklin's legacy after her death on Aug. 16, and examines Aretha's impact on her own life as a black woman.Aretha Franklin