#Incarceration

the black mommy activist

kayewhitehead

Y’all my oldest son attended private schools in #Baltimore for 12 years: I wonder what did he gain? And what did he lose? Heres HIS story (it was published in

Andy Johns

ibringtraffic

The best consumer social founders I've come across are those that don't reject the notion that they're building within a sandbox. They start with a limited but opinionated feature set,

Joe Soss

jbsoss

Racial Inequalities and Minnesota: A Long Thread (Sorry). The police killing of George Floyd and the protests demanding justice have both brought renewed attention to the deep and durable racial

sk8

kt_____meyer

last fall i was pulled over for speeding by the police late at night, alone, on a highway in Alabama. not ONCE did I fear for my life - I

automnia

aut_omnia

Everytime ppl are surprised by how the US responds to disasters, I think abt how, after Katrina hit New Orleans, the first priority of the US government was to build

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vegix

There's no feeling quite like that of being on the wrong side of prejudice like racism. Where one is meant to feel as though they don't belong in the country

Ed Yong

edyong209

Hello! More of you have started following me in the last weeks since I last did this, so let me introduce you to YET MORE people I respect, who've created

Amardeep S Dhillon

AmarDeepSinghD

It’s easy to joke about the criminalisation of #antifa, but UK folks might have missed new legislation here that's massively expanding surveillance, police powers + sentencing for terrorism suspects. Let’s

Chaplain Laura

LauraTortorice

Why Nobody is buying the Covid Fear Porn anymore: 1) When you passed edicts demanding that we social distance and wear masks, but you were

Mark Kuznicki

remarkk

How many more times will we extend CERB before we bite the bullet to deliver UBI? Imagine all the benefits to individuals, the radical simplification of tax credits and means

David Menschel

davidminpdx

1. I have been looking to see whether corrections officer/staff unions might stand up to the dangerous conditions at jails and prisons and call for what every public health expert

Erin Leigh George

ErinLeighGeorge

Placing politics over facts, values & people's lives, @NYGovCuomo @AndreaSCousins @CarlHeastie have jammed astounding rollbacks to our #bailreform & @BlindfoldRepeal laws into the budget. Thousands more will be forced into

Mark Curtis

markcurtis30

In case the penny hasn't dropped yet about the true nature of British power and political system, some thoughts based on recent case studies. My contention is that UK democracy

Nedu Ekeke #BBOG

Nedunaija

You people are asking what Obama did for African Americans. Well, America isn't Nigeria where he could order a minister to build a University in his village, or a road

TarenSK

TarenSK

1/ April 2020 is the month when mass incarceration becomes mass murder in America: large-scale, foreseeable, preventable. Governors could have saved 1000s of lives among inmates & staff. Their failure

Sammy McCarty

SammyTMcCarty

As I read about another black man murdered in Minneapolis Minnesota by a cop, (citizen approached because of suspected forgery. That crime does not merit deadly force.) I’m going to