Stories by Sheila Bapat

Sheila Bapat is an attorney and writer covering economic and gender justice. Her work has appeared in Jacobin, Salon, Reuters, Slate, Alternet, Truthout, the University of Pennsylvania Journal of Labor and Employment Law, PolicyMatters, and the Center for Women Policy Studies' series, "Reproductive Laws for the 21st Century." Her article about the US domestic workers' movement is forthcoming in The Believer magazine. Sheila holds a JD from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law. subscribe to Sheila Bapat's feed

Debtors' Prisons Are Alive and Well in America

Posted on: Jul 30, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Incarceration of child support debtors is part of a broader set of policies that, in the words of Ehrenreich, “rob the poor.”

From Prisoner Sterilizations to Abortion Restrictions, the Reproductive Rights of Women of Color Are Being Trampled

Posted on: Jul 12, 2013, Source: RH Reality Check

So many women in the United States lack reproductive justice, but recent stories show how it disproportionately eludes women of color.