People are facing down masked men with GUNS in their cul de sacs while wearing sweats and flip flops. USians are in the streets.

Call your local hotline number, blow you whistle, if you are able to come out onto the street in support of your neighbors, do it. We can drive ICE out. 🥰👇

and a swastika was drawn on his DA file. Read more about his case and most importantly, the innocent man whose freedom we continue to fight for here: promiseofjustice.org/news/new-hea...

Yesterday, our dear friend & client, Lloyd Gray was granted a new hearing based on newly discovered evidence of racial discrimination! Lloyd has been incarcerated for the last 45 yrs due to a nonunanimous jury conviction where two of the jurors who found him not guilty were Black...

a big runoff last night, in New Orleans: Calvin Duncan was exonerated after spending *28 years* in prison; he tried to get his own case records from the New Orleans city clerk—but the office dragged its feet. So Duncan ran to become city clerk himself, and yesterday ousted the incumbent.

Federal funding cuts go deeper than erasing Black history; they suppress the voices of those who share and protect Black stories, which puts the future of Black history at risk. baltimorebeat.com/the-importan...

"U.S.-backed wars—both proxy and otherwise—lead to environmental damage that destabilizes whole populations and regions. The U.S. military is the largest institutional emitter of fossil fuels in the world, at about 1.2 billion metric tons from 2001 through 2018.” prismreports.org/2023/11/28/c...

"No COP discussion or agreement has ever suggested addressing root causes of climate change and ecological destruction—colonialism, imperialism—through demilitarization." ray levy uyeda wrote this for @prismreports.org in 2023 and it's even more relevant for COP30 prismreports.org/2023/11/28/c...

🧵 The elimination of Teen Vogue’s entire political desk and layoffs of their Black, brown, trans, and queer workers is part of a devastating mainstream media landscape. prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...

November 20 is Black Consciousness Day in #Brazil. A day celebrating the struggle of Black groups, communities & movs & celebrating Brazil’s most historic Black leader, #Zumbi dos Palmares. Latest episode #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social #ConcienciaNegra

Take action to stop this atrocity now: worthrises.org/firingsquad

I don't have words. Idaho is building a chamber for firing squad executions and this is how the architects and contractors are discussing the project. They're accounting for blood drainage and blown out eardrums, but not asking, "why are we doing this?" Who are the monsters now?

This year’s COP30 conference has more fossil fuel lobbyists in attendance than any previous conference, but it has also drawn the biggest delegation of Indigenous peoples from around the world—each group representing competing visions for addressing the climate crisis.

“Alabama prisons are completely lawless at this point,” author Matthew Whalan tells @rattlingthebars.bsky.social. “A lot of the order that is injected into them is really just from prisoners organizing themselves.”

70+ free printable "How to Report ICE" zines with info on the SALUTE protocol and local hotline numbers for all over the country! Including some in Spanish! There is an info sheet on how to fold and cut the zines and a form to request a zine for your area. drive.google.com/drive/folder...

One striking aspect of ICE resistance in Chicago, is how many people in the videos appear to be average, everyday residents out for walks or stepping out of their houses. Like, this guy is barefoot, in Blackhawk hockey PJs! Or... (*I've not personally talked to the people in these videos)

A number of local Chicago reporters/journalists have truly distinguished themselves over the past few weeks and I am so very grateful. It also shows that reporting is a public service when done well. Thank you all.

Death behind bars, a story in 5 objects: A receipt is a mom's last connection to her son A man watches Knicks games w/ his brother's ashes An estranged child, wonders about a father's lost bible Travel books, for places un-visited A muddy hat, too precious to pack away. tinyurl.com/482hyknt

Baltimore Officer charged with attempted murder after viral video shows him trying to run man down baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-of...

The Peculiar Patriot, performed in more than 35 US prisons, reveals the human cost of mass incarceration and the enduring ties between slavery and the prison system.

Eddie Conway and the Black Panther Party remembered with art, music, and education baltimorebeat.com/eddie-conway...

If you’ve ever held a copy of Baltimore Beat in your hands, you can thank Olu Butterfly, Leo Gray, his dad, Andrew Gray, Latoya Moore, and Michael Morstein. baltimorebeat.com/our-drivers/

Check out my in-depth conversation w/ Liza Jessie Peterson about her acclaimed play, The Peculiar Patriot, and powerful documentary, Angola Do You Hear Us? We explore how Black cultural production serves as a transformative force for self-determination. youtu.be/rcDuOs80ya0?...

Poet, actor, and playwright Liza Jessie Peterson is bringing her one-woman play “The Peculiar Patriot,” which has been performed in over 30 prisons across the country, to Baltimore Center Stage. The Philly native believes it’s the right place and the right time for this story.

The mainstream media said voters wouldn’t go for Mamdani and they said “socialism won’t sell.” But on the streets of New York, people were done listening to conventional wisdom.

“In 2024 alone, 277 people died in Alabama prisons” Dakarai Larriett, US Senate candidate in Alabama, says. “Building mega-prisons, naming one after governor Kay Ivy, is not the solution.”

‘The Peculiar Patriot’ Takes Baltimore Audiences Behind the Wall baltimorebeat.com/the-peculiar...

In the latest Rattling the Bars, Natalie Cadena of @gravelandgrit.bsky.social discusses the coalition—farmers, teachers, Indigenous groups, and local sheriff—working to stop an Arkansas mega-prison. Plus, Bolts’ @laurengill.bsky.social challenges the myth that rural prisons boost local economies.

20% of formerly incarcerated people experience food insecurity – 2x higher than the general population, with even higher rates among formerly incarcerated women & Black individuals Pausing SNAP has life-threatening consequences for vulnerable populations

“Don’t be afraid to fight back when you think that you’ve been wronged by the prison system because it’s so important that more of us are doing this so that they’re held accountable just like they expect our loved ones to be held accountable.”

“We felt that there was a need for this organization because we didn’t see anywhere to go where someone could understand and could feel our pain with the loss of our children”

On George Floyd’s birthday, Tuesday, October 14th, the Coalition of Concerned Mothers and families of police violence victims rallied in D.C. to demand justice and accountability.

If the court dismantles Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act and allows overtly racist gerrymanders, one report estimates that Republicans will be virtually guaranteed an additional 19 seats in the 2026 midterms.

“This is the same company that had policies allowing for chatbots to have ‘sensual’ conversations with kids, but discussing local law enforcement among neighbors is a bridge too far, huh?”

New from me at @therealnews.com: I am reporting from the ICE demonstration in Portland as federal officers escalate violence against demonstrators, and the threat of national guard troops could ignite the mass demonstrations. therealnews.com/violence-at-...

The results are in! The Marc Steiner Show and Stories of Resistance with host @undertheshadow.bsky.social, have each won Gold in the 2025 Signal Awards.

Watch the trailer for “The Beat Goes On: The Story of Baltimore Beat” baltimorebeat.com/trailer-the-... www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkl4...

Ultimately, as a result of the judge's ruling, the thousands of people in Louisiana who may have been imprisoned past their release dates can proceed as a group – rather than having to file thousands of individual lawsuits. Read more on this important win here: promiseofjustice.org/news/louisia...

In late September, a Baton Rouge federal judge took a major step in the long-running litigation about “overdetention" or when an incarcerated person is held in prison past the end of their legal release date.

“Trump has been able to make this spectacle where you have disorder on one side and him on the other, and he can constantly encroach upon the civil rights of Americans by convincing us that this disorder is so systemic that only he can fix it.”

"One of the most insidious things about prison is that it tries to mute us. It can’t take our voices away, but it can make it harder for them to be heard...Amplifying our voices is empowering and powerful. And you can help by joining any number of advocacy efforts."

My podcast #StoriesOfResistance is a finalist for a Signal Award. You can check it out, vote & support here! @therealnews.com therealnews.com/were-finalis...

Hundreds of people arrested by ICE agents around Chicago over the past few months could be released, according to a new fed. ruling. |https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/08/100s-could-be-freed-from-ice-custody-after-ruling-that-warrantless-arrests-violated-consent-decree/

The “arrest first and ask questions later” reality forces families to spend immense energy on safety planning, rights rehearsals, and preparing for potential detentions, fraying the very foundation of community well-being.

“Illinois will not let the Trump administration continue on their authoritarian march without resisting,” vowed Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker.

“You are not provided any joy, any stimulation—you got to find that yourself… I didn’t understand what weeks and months of silence can do to someone’s psyche. That can tear people apart if you’re not conscious of what’s happening to you.”

Today and always.

State officials said they will close the 44-year-old Maryland Correctional Institution at Jessup, citing the prohibitive cost of renovating the Anne Arundel County facility. The planned June 2026 closure is expected to $21 million in annual operation costs. marylandmatters.org/2025/09/29/s...

More mass federal layoffs, healthcare, the Epstein files... What's really behind the GOP government shutdown, and how will it affect YOU? @therealnews.com Inequality Watchdogs @tayagraham.bsky.social & Stephen Janjs join me in the studio break it all down youtu.be/4kw51v7rJVw?...