Rich Saphire was interviewed on August 12, 2013 in Dayton, Ohio by Emily Wicks as a part of our Oral History Project. Rich has served as a board member and volunteer attorney since the late 1970s. He acted as the board’s vice president from 1980 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1986.
August 12, 2013
Reproductive justice widens the scope of women’s reproductive rights beyond legal access and choice, focusing on the many additional economic, cultural, political, health and racial barriers women experience.
August 7, 2013
Nearly 800 men and boys have been held at the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center since it opened in 2002. Many of the detained have been imprisoned for years under brutal conditions, yet have never been charged with a crime.
July 31, 2013
While the number of incarcerated youth has declined, the United States remains the largest incarcerator of children in the industrialized world.
July 24, 2013
Science has helped hundreds of wrongly convicted people walk out of prisons all around the country, with some narrowly escaping the death penalty.
July 17, 2013
Amid growing support for marriage equality and the legalization of same-sex marriages in several states, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in support of marriage equality in California and the constitutionality of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA).
July 11, 2013