So excited to be presenting & discussing this film tonight in Pittsburgh with @pghdsa.org @bukitbailfund.bsky.social! www.theguardian.com/film/2025/ja...

Where each of Trump's National Guard deployments and related court battles stand via @npr.org www.npr.org/2025/10/10/n...

A shutdown deal has been announced as Trump continues to fight a court order to release full SNAP benefits. Meanwhile, here's where to find & give help to address hunger in PA.

🚨BREAKING: STRIKERS WIN! The order affirms what we’ve said all along: The PG’s lawless union-busting cannot stand. We made sure it didn’t. We’re taking back what they stole from us. We won this strike.

2026 election lineup just dropped! 🤯 Voting is how we protect Pennsylvania’s democracy. Get ready to do your part next year at vote.pa/register.

#ActionAlert Show up tomorrow and tell Allegheny County Council: not on our watch. Do not overturn the ban on shackling. Shackling is an inhumane, unnecessary practice that voters do not want in the county. Make sure you sign up to speak by 5 PM today.

I serve as the Criminal Legal chair of the Philly reparations task force. Our committee has been hard at work studying the legacy of slavery & Jim Crow in Philadelphia. We want to hear from you! @abolitionistlawcenter.org @abolitionschool.bsky.social @phillydefenders.bsky.social @ysrp.bsky.social

👻 If you still have your ballot… don’t let it become a phantom! Fill it, flip it, complete it the way through, then hand deliver it! Find your official drop-off location at vote.pa/return before it disappears. #VotePA #ProtectPACourts

The three-part package would require judges to refer some students to diversion programs instead of detention, limit the number of days students can be held pre-trial, and eliminate most fines and fees from the juvenile court system.

In 2024, the PA Supreme Court heard Derek Lee v. Commonwealth of PA, in which we argued that automatic life without parole sentences (death by incarceration) for 2nd degree murder is cruel & unusual punishment under the constitution. The importance of this Nov. 4 race can't be overstated. #PAVote

Remember to flip your ballot! There are two pages of voting - Municipal and judicial elections are on the front - Judicial retention questions are on the back

Packed hearing, dodged questions. At the first-ever City Council hearing on Philly gov’s use of AI and surveillance, City Councilmembers asked powerful, basic questions to open up the city’s black box of technology, and were disappointed by the city’s lack of answers.

Sign up to be a Philly AI Watchdog to resist data centers and surveillance AI in our communities: actionnetwork.org/forms/join-o...

Join us tomorrow in Philly to help free the wrongfully convicted Jerome "Hoagie" Coffey after 3 decades of incarceration! Tues. 10/21 @ 9:30 AM PA Superior Court: 530 Walnut St. 17th Floor abolitionistlawcenter.org/2025/10/08/o...

Clearfield County will make $1 million over five years to act as the middleman between ICE and the private contractor that operates the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, the largest immigration detention facility in the Northeast.

Proud to help get this done and grateful to our allies! www.wtae.com/article/pitt...

"For decades, the FBI and other executive branch agencies have amassed powers to investigate Americans on the premise of combating terrorism. No matter who was in office, the FBI has abused these powers to spy on dissent." via @dropsitenews.com www.dropsitenews.com/p/trumps-blu...

"I served 33 years in prison in New York for a crime I did not commit. I was subjected to the barbaric and inhumane torture of solitary confinement for 14 years, and I also witnessed what it did to others." via @timesunion.com www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

...only to be taken into ICE custody www.inquirer.com/news/subu-fr...

Longest-serving PA exoneree finally has charges dropped -- on International Wrongful Conviction Day. www.centredaily.com/news/local/c...

Detention centers are operating just as our carceral facilities do. amp.fresnobee.com/news/califor... #EndSolitary #solitaryconfinement

This is so cool. Radley Balko is a leading voice in journalism about police overreach and he’s had a huge influence on me as a reporter.

Highly recommend this @nacdl.org 3-part webinar series & resources, which provide insight and recommendations on how to make improvements in competency to stand trial systems www.nacdl.org/Content/Comp...

Journalist Mario Guevara has been detained for over 100 days. Now, he faces deportation —for just doing his job. The same energy that defended Jimmy Kimmel should be used to defend Guevara, a journalist who is not facing any charges. Watch @seth-stern.bsky.social on @meidastouch.com for more.

Her wisdom and bravery continue to guide us and all those struggling to free oppressed peoples. open.substack.com/pub/phillewi...

Without help, her son cycled in and out of jail, as so many with unmet mental health needs do. Our carceral system has become the primary placement for those with psychiatric disabilities.

Public concerns about police militarization, city spending and racial disparities guided Pittsburgh City Council toward some guardrails for a coming master plan of a new public safety campus. buff.ly/U9yzSyz

A Syrian man won his fight to avoid deportation. Ten months later, he remains detained, Stephanie Casanova reports. Kamel Maklad’s case reveals how authorities are imprisoning people who can’t legally be deported until they capitulate & agree to leave the country, immigration experts say.

Hits from the YES! archive of great solutions-oriented journalism in this @truthout.org newsletter that are still relevant and sorely needed, e.g.: -What to Say When People Say “It’s Impossible” -History Shows That Sustained, Disruptive Protests Work

Israel has “already begun negotiations with the Americans” on a “business plan” to make Gaza, home to 2.2 million Palestinians, into a real estate investment. The plan is on President Donald Trump’s desk, Smotrich claims. He added that the plan is so lucrative the genocide “pays for itself.”

3 Philly correctional officers charged after inmate beaten while naked The incident happened 5 years ago. Rampant human rights abuses of those in Philly jails continue. www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/p...

"...some detainees — who spoke with The Inquirer either by phone from the facility or after their release or deportation — report an ongoing practice of using solitary confinement as retaliation for filing grievances."

“Ms. Cahill needed help and the city took her and locked her away. And it resulted in her death.” www.inquirer.com/news/philade...

"The department pulled training and technical assistance funds for children’s advocacy centers that respond to child abuse and neglect. At the same time, it ended support for a program that offered victims of domestic violence and sexual assault help finding jobs..."

TAKE ACTION: Congress is about to vote on dangerous legislation that would roll back hard-won reforms, harm youth, deepen racial disparities, and undermine democracy in the District. Urge your lawmakers to protect kids: secure.sentencingproject.org/a/take-action-protect-dc-kids

. @equalityalec.bsky.social of @civrightscorps.bsky.social described the proposed quick reaction force as “an online portal to permit random fascist vigilantes to join soldiers...one of the scariest things I’ve seen in US politics in my adult life.” www.commondreams.org/news/trump-v...

Down on health care access but "tough on crime"? Limiting health care increases crime. The officials who mock & undermine the use of government power to support public health are often the same ones who champion using government power to lock people up. boltsmag.org/medicaid-cov...

Here’s my write up on the most racist decision to come out of the Supreme Court in a while. The court approved of Trump’s racial profiling of Latinos with Brett Kavanaugh saying being harassed based on the color of your skin is “common sense.” My latest in @thenation

"I was really shocked... She threatened to have us removed, while she was simultaneously defending this man’s use of the n-word; she was silencing us." - @man-eternally.bsky.social

Juvenile court referrals for Black girls at Pittsburgh Public Schools have dropped by almost 93% since 2019, according to a new report from the Black Girls Equity Alliance.

We have filed another excessive force lawsuit against Allegheny County Jail staff & the county—this time for brutalizing Daronte Brown, a young Black man with a psychiatric disability, and then punishing him with solitary confinement & denial of medical care. community.triblive.com/news/3865840

Our second story in a series by @greennoise.bsky.social that looks at how victims got some justice in an unlikely place after two private equity-backed healthcare companies accused of neglect went bust www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

After a decade of decline, Allegheny County's jail population is on the rise: up 40% from 2022. What’s behind the increase? buff.ly/VSsFjO9

Jacilet Griffin's son died after suffering a critical brain injury while incarcerated in a Texas jail. More than three years later, she's still searching for answers. Lee’s case is one of thousands nationwide that reveal how the criminal justice system fails to account for deaths behind bars.

Solitary confinement is torture, and the conditions of solitary units are utterly inhumane. This hell is not unique to Washington. By incarcerated reporter Christopher Blackwell. www.christopher-blackwell.com

“We now have concrete data to show that when communities come together and mobilize, we can prevent youth violence, even in urban settings with a very high burden."

I spoke with crime prevention expert David Kennedy about the Trump administration’s takeover of law enforcement in the nation’s capital, and the tactics that might prove more effective.

Trump claimed that D.C. has been “taken over by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals” and suggested that he might expand federal intervention to other major cities like New York, Los Angeles, Baltimore, and Chicago. But crime is not out of control in these cities — in fact, it’s decreasing.

"Songs from the Hole" is now on Netflix!

For our friends across the country asking how you can help, this one's for you. 🧵 freedcproject.org/allies