New York finally has a way to discipline prosecutors. So, why hasn't it? Read more in the @gothamist.com 👉🏽gothamist.com/news/new-york-finally-has-a-way-to-discipline-prosecutors-so-why-hasnt-it

Jail policies against in-person visits are forcing families with loved ones inside to turn to costly phone or video calls. Some families are fighting back. Learn more abt our fight for a child's right to hug their parents in this new article in @prismreports.org 👉 prismreports.org/2026/03/05/j...

I'll be speaking in Montreal at McGill on March 13. Please join us. I'll be talking about our groundbreaking quest to establish a constitutional right for children to hug their parents, and what it means for fights against power, profit, and propaganda in authoritarian times.

We're hiring: Civil Rights Corps is seeking a part-time operations assistant to join our team. Application deadline: March 17, 2026 Learn more: civilrightscorps.org/operations-assistant-part-time

I will be speaking about civil rights lawyering, propaganda, and authoritarianism tonight at SUNY Oswego and tomorrow at Syracuse law school at lunchtime. If you or any friends/family are in the area please join us.

8/ To protect against copaganda-style reporting and produce more accurate, nuanced coverage of the family policing system, check out our new guide: justjournalism.org/page/child-welfare

7/ Even fewer highlight the support-based approaches–like increased access to public benefits, housing, and childcare–proven to be more effective at keeping families safe and together.

6/ Too few news articles examine how poverty is mislabeled as child abuse and neglect, or the immense harm inflicted on children and parents by the family policing system itself.

5/ This coverage shifts attention away from structural harms–like poverty, racism, and state violence–and trains the public to see surveillance and family separation, especially of BIPOC and marginalized families, as child safety.

4/ Family policing copaganda relies on disproportionate, sensationalized news coverage of rare child abuse tragedies and so-called foster or adoption “success stories.”

3/ Family policing copaganda works the same way. It frames the family policing system (or the “child welfare” system) as benevolent and necessary, while framing parents who are investigated and separated from their children as inherently abusive, neglectful, or unfit.

2/ Copaganda (cop propaganda) frames police as good and heroic, while framing the people they target as inherently dangerous and deserving of punishment.

So you’ve heard of copaganda? Let’s talk about family policing copaganda. 🧵

In the wake of the horrific ICE killings in Minnesota, many prominent Democrats have called for ICE to wear body cameras. Yesterday, @equalityalec.bsky.social talked to @democracynow.org about how important it is that we don't get distracted by meaningless & counterproductive reforms.

Today, we remember Kiah on the one year anniversary of her passing. Kiah was a light and we miss her every day. Rest in power and love, Kiah.

In the wake of the horrific ICE killings in Minnesota, many prominent Democrats have called for ICE to wear body cameras. Yesterday, @equalityalec.bsky.social talked to @democracynow.org about how important it is that we don't get distracted by meaningless & counterproductive reforms.

Check off the last thing on your 2025 to-do list 👉🏽 your end-of-year donation to CRC! We're entering 2026 reenergized and ready to fight the systems that criminalize and oppress us. Join us in the fight by supporting our work: bit.ly/crc-donate

Last week, NCYL’s Jean Strout and Hong Le were in court standing up for children and families in E.L. v. Claps. We’re fighting to restore in-person, contact visits at Adams County Jail. Every child deserves the chance to hug their parent.

Apply to be our 2026 Artist- or Poet-in-Residence! Each year, CRC chooses a groundbreaking visual artist and a poet whose work urgently confronts the subject matter of our civil rights work for our AIR program. Learn more: civilrightscorps.org/join-our-team

✨It's Giving Tuesday✨ This year, consider donating to Civil Rights Corps! CRC is committed to our fight to dismantle the systems that punish and cage our communities, but with the increased attacks on nonprofits, we need your support. Donate here: bit.ly/crc-donate

Are you looking for a holiday gift for someone who loves defending civil rights? Well, you're in luck! CRC just launched our first merch collection! Get your CRC tees, hoodies, and totes here: bonfire.com/store/civil-rights-corps

We @civrightscorps.bsky.social fight constitutional cases to re-sensitize our society to the everyday brutality of the punishment bureaucracy. Support us, we need your help now more than ever because a lot of large donors are abandoning us. civilrightscorpsorg.secure.nonprofitsoapbox.com/donate

🔔 NEW CASE: This week, we filed a lawsuit on behalf of children in Adams County, Colorado, who are fighting for their right to hug their jailed parents. 🧵https://civilrightscorps.org/case/defending-childrens-right-to-hug-their-parents-in-adams-county/

Maryland families deserve support, not punishment. Proud to join 19 other orgs on an amicus brief in solidarity with Mrs. C: bit.ly/amicus-maryland RSVP for an upcoming convening led by systems-impacted organizers to confront the harms of Baltimore’s family policing system: bit.ly/cradle-to-cage

In Maryland, a law that was meant to keep birthing people and newborns safe has now been used to create the ultimate parent trap. The Safe Haven Law promised protection – but Baltimore’s family police punished a mama anyway. 🧵

📣 WE'RE HIRING: Investigative Fellows 🗓️ Start date: Summer 2026 🗓️ Application deadline: Rolling with priority for applications submitted before October 29, 2025 🔗 Learn more about the position: civilrightscorps.org/investigativ...

We're looking for Summer 2026 Litigation Interns! Learn more about the internship and find out how to apply here: civilrightscorps.org/summer-2026-litigation-interns-2l/

We are @civrightscorps.bsky.social have pioneered landmark constitutional challenges to the unsafe and unjust cash bail system for a decade. Our work saves lives, protects liberty, and is more important than ever.

Toronto! Join the Community Justice Collective on Sept 18th for a conversation about Copaganda with @equalityalec.bsky.social, lawyer, author, and founder of @civrightscorps.bsky.social Tickets and more info here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/copaganda-...

Join us Aug 20th for a discussion on how we can breakthrough the noise and reclaim the media narrative around the child welfare system! 🗓️ Aug 20th ⏰ 6-7:30 PM 📍424 S Pulaski St, Baltimore 🔗 RSVP here: bit.ly/mediawrkshp

Meet our 2025 Artists-in-residence 👉🏽 April Lee, Kenneth Webb, and William Anderson!

Civil Rights Corps is hiring an externally funded legal fellow to start in Fall 2025. Learn more here 👉🏽 civilrightscorps.org/externally-funded-legal-fellow-fall-2025/

Civil Rights Corps is hiring an externally funded legal fellow to start in Fall 2025. Learn more here 👉🏽 civilrightscorps.org/externally-funded-legal-fellow-fall-2025/

BREAKING 🚨 In a move that protects financial interests and ignores the law and will of Congress, the FCC just delayed the implementation of new regulations that would lower prison and jail call rates by 2 years. The rules were set to save families over $500 million per year. Shameful.

You can read more about the case here. www.yahoo.com/news/riversi...

This marks the latest case in our series of civil rights lawsuits for the last decade that have freed 100,000s of people from illegal jailing. Wealth-based jailing separates families, destroys lives, causes catastrophic financial harm to communities, and makes everyone less safe.

THREAD. It is an honor to announce that we have just sued the Riverside Sheriff, Riverside County, and the Riverside Superior Court in a landmark case challenging the constitutionality of jailing presumed innocent people solely because they cannot pay cash bail.

🧵 NEW CASE: Faith leaders, detained people, and civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit challenging Riverside County's Bail Process. What: Lawsuit Where: Riverside County, CA Issue: Bail, Pretrial Detention

🧵 NEW CASE: Faith leaders, detained people, and civil rights groups have filed a lawsuit challenging Riverside County's Bail Process. What: Lawsuit Where: Riverside County, CA Issue: Bail, Pretrial Detention

We all have the right to hug our family.

Check out this new op-ed by Mashai Small in Afro News: "From trauma to advocacy, a Black mother's mission to end family policing." Read: afro.com/family-polic...

Join us in THREE DAYS for the 4th annual #BlackMothersMarch to fight back against family policing! Black Mothers March 🗓️ May 11th ⏰ 11 AM 📍Lafayette Park RSVP here: BlackMothersMarch.com/Registration

Thanks to @equalityalec.bsky.social for joining me on @blackagendareport.bsky.social radio. We discussed his book "Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News." @civrightscorps.bsky.social soundcloud.com/user-9293973...

Diversion for me, but not for thee 🤔 Read more in @missionlocal.org missionlocal.org/2025/04/broo...

NEW: San Francisco DA Jenkins Enters State Bar Diversion Program After Ethics Complaint. "Jenkins is accused of multiple ethics complaints, including handling confidential records improperly." Read more in The Vanguard 👉🏽 davisvanguard.org/2025/04/broo...

@civrightscorps.bsky.social' @equalityalec.bsky.social joined us to discuss his new book, "Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News," (@thenewpress.bsky.social). Keep thisishell.com free and get bonus content at patreon.com/thisishell thisishell.com/episodes/1828

“After Copaganda, you’ll never read the news the same way again.” - Michelle Alexander, author of The New Jim Crow Copaganda by CRC founder @equalityalec.bsky.social is out today! Check it out 👉🏽 thenewpress.com/books/copaga...

Diversion for me, but not for thee 🤔 Read more in @missionlocal.org missionlocal.org/2025/04/broo...

NEW: San Francisco DA Jenkins Enters State Bar Diversion Program After Ethics Complaint. "Jenkins is accused of multiple ethics complaints, including handling confidential records improperly." Read more in The Vanguard 👉🏽 davisvanguard.org/2025/04/broo...