i was told by john roberts and sam alito that racism is over so i won't worry about white republicans in the south jumping over themselves to end black political representation wherever they can

In Alabama and across the South, lawmakers are already moving to redraw maps that look race‑neutral on paper but weaken Black and Brown political power. The people still have power. We must defend fair maps and protect the right to vote. https://bit.ly/48z1c6N

I had the absolute privilege (and pleasure!) of spending last week at the ND Kylemore Writing Residency in Ireland. Grateful to learn alongside and from so many talented writers, including fellow ethnographer @traciecanada.bsky.social and our fearless instructor @dionneirving.bsky.social✨

Grateful to @scholars.org for the opportunity to write this brief on the urgent need to ban corporal punishment in US schools. Children deserve bodily autonomy, safety, and care at school and in their communities.

Just a morally corrupt, irredeemably cruel nation. Note the case where the parents of an 8 year old and 4 month old baby were sent to detention facilities after a school bus driver called police to report another student had threatened to kill the 8 y/o girl. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

In at least two death penalty cases, Louisiana judges found that Holland withheld evidence. In a third, he secured the conviction of a Black 16-year-old, comparing the boy to a dog and telling the jury to “get rid of it” www.propublica.org/article/hugo...

I think a lot about how completely US American it is to feel entitled to complete safety AND zero negative economic impact when you are not only at war, but started it. Just complete audacity and entitlement rooted in the dehumanization of others and massive overestimation of one’s own value.

Anti-ICE Protesters Convicted on Terrorism Charges for Wearing All Black theintercept.com/2026/03/13/i...

Ali Bani Odeh (37), Waad (35), Othman (6) and Muhammad (5) died in their car in a hail of bullets. Only Khaled (11) & Mustafa (8) survived. Khaled reports crying out 'Please help me'; Israeli soldiers pulled him out by his hair, threw him to the ground, & kicked him. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/w...

McGowan: You're saying 46 Americans died, so we should attack this country. Here at home, 68,000 Americans die a year because they don't have health insurance. So, if we're going to spend billions of dollars on something…

This is absolutely bonkers and infuriating. Must-read reporting by ProPublica.

“The situation is becoming catastrophic for millions of children across the region,” UNICEF said in a statement, noting that at least 200 children are reportedly dead in Iran, 91 in Lebanon, four in Israel, and one in Kuwait. “These numbers will likely climb...” www.commondreams.org/news/childre...

A man who was shot by Connecticut police last year and later died had to wait 10 extra minutes for another ambulance to arrive at the scene, after another officer having an anxiety attack took the first one.

"Let me tell you one Black thing. When I consider the future, I do not land on my untimely death or resignation. I doubt they did either. I do not even cast my eyes toward my job. I cast my eyes toward a joyful horizon full of color..." academic.oup.com/melus/advanc...

This nation will always choose profit over people, classism over community. Shame on @fortlauderdale.bsky.social and everyone involved in this disgusting project. Wishing yall bad knees, broken paddles, and sand that never washes out of your sheets. oxfordamerican.org/oa-now/a-bat...

When you put it like this, a $75 million bribe to Melania and gutting the Washington Post seems like a small price to pay.

a few of my favorite poems for the (word) lovers

Here's what DHS doesn't want you to know: Working for ICE is one of the safest jobs in America — and last year was the second-safest year for the agency on record. And the doxxing? It hasn't actually happened even once. The masks are justified by a lie. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/ice-s-mask...

Tear gas is banned in international warfare, yet classified as a “riot control agent” that law enforcement can use for crowd control. “It just doesn’t work well, and it hits the weakest people the most, and causes the most complications in them,” an anesthesiology professor at Duke University said.

Elizabeth is a Columbia Heights fourth-grader who loves volleyball, learning English and giggling in the halls with her friends. She's been held in the Dilley Immigration Processing Center for nearly a month, and she and her mom have both fallen ill. sahanjournal.com/education/co...

Very much recommend reading this new piece from Roxane Gay. electricliterature.com/menopause-wr...

Marimar Martinez, shot 5 times by Border Patrol in Chicago, speaks out after Renee Good, Alex Pretti deaths 'I am their voice' NEW w/ @adrianacardmag.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

ICE is demanding the employment records at a Maine jail after a sheriff openly criticized immigration agents for arresting one of his guards

Floored by this story. A man wrote a pollite email to a federal prosecutor objecting to the deportation of an Afghan seeking asylum. DHS responded with an administrative warrant to get the man's info from Google, then visited his home to intimidate him.

Since July, I've tracked at least 2,300 cases in which federal judges have ruled ICE has illegally detained people without bond or due process. This is one that stands out: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Despite months of warnings that Trump has been “lawless,” “destructive, and ”authoritarian,“ 149 Democratic members of the House joined with 192 Republicans to pass a sweeping military spending bill — a vote that progressive critics say exposes the hypocrisy of what claims to be an opposition party.

"We have a nice little database. Now you're considered a domestic terrorist." www.reddit.com/r/Maine/comm...

Another example of why school corporal punishment is state-sanctioned and administered abuse. "...investigators determined they would have enough evidence establish probable cause of child abuse if the incidents hadn’t occurred on school property & by a staff member." www.wcjb.com/2026/01/22/d...

BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

I guess I do think if you participated in the arrest of a five-year-old you are probably just fundamentally incompatible with society. That you are not a safe person for humanity to be around, generally

Blanche won’t investigate the killing of an innocent woman on camera but they’ve got all hands on deck for a church service being interrupted

One of my fave political stories ever: when Maine’s GOP then-Gov LePage thought that not signing bills by deadline meant they’d die. So he ignored all these Dem bills, thinking it’d kill them. But in Maine, if Gov just does nothing (rather than veto), a bill becomes law. So they all became law.

Was gifted this incredible set of jumbo postcards (thanks @mingome.bsky.social). Planning to post one each day as we need some words steeped in justice and peace in what feels like increasingly messed up times.

we're 18 days into 2026 and I just submitted my 3rd review of the year... when I go to submit my next manuscript the editorial gods better act right and not give me another 9 month wait to get reviews back ok

when they tell you to be financially stable before getting a dog, they are not playing bc why has my girl cost me over $700 in medical expenses this week and there was not an emergency in sight?? (obvi would pay it many times over for my ride or die)

ok so I apparently never posted about this because I am a delinquent admirer, but shoutout to the amazing @erinjmccauley.bsky.social for not one but TWO incredible pubs that dropped in the last quarter of 2025 (1/4)

So my cousin texts me that there was an explosion and 6 alarm fire at the Maine Wildlife Park, which is right behind the street I grew up on. I go to look for coverage via the paper’s IG and find out that (unrelatedly) the town is being investigated by the FBI. I simply cannot.

a major american city is being forced to close schools because armed government agents are raiding and pepper spraying and terrorizing children and teachers for social media content

This is it. This is exactly what every form of policing in the US is designed and trained to do: terrorize, control, violate, punish, kill. To protect the empire, never the people.

Show up, create chaos, scare the shit out of the citizens, and when one freaks out and tries to run, shoot her. The death penalty for disobeying ICE. Then, when you go to court, lie about how "in danger" you felt. Didn't we just claim we rescued Venezuela from a dictator attacking his own citizens?

With news of yet another DHS shooting breaking, a reminder that DHS’s initial statements should not be trusted without further verification, given previous post-shooting statements which crumbled under further investigation. In addition, be wary of short context-free video clips shared virally.

One thing Americans have to break themselves out of is assuming certain policies are impossible, because all this is a policy choice and a sizable chunk of the world isn’t worried about their schools be shot up.

Just saw a Parkland survivor post about being on lock down at Brown University. We've failed generations of kids with our gun fetish

The horrific tragedy at Brown University is the 389th mass shooting this year and the 230th gun incident on school grounds so far this year. This is not normal and we don't have to live this way. bradyunited.org @bradyunited.org

ICE snatched a human rights hero. Guan Heng risked his life to capture video of Uyghur concentration camps. After escaping to the U.S., Guan was in hiding for years, not knowing his work had been crucial to substantiating China's mass detention practices. On Monday, he has an asylum hearing in NY.

all the movies had AI gaining sentience and killing us, but in reality, it'll just be people deciding that avoiding the effort to write an email or read without a computer summarizing for them is more important than the poisoning of entire communities

“Imagine if our government funded our communities like they fund war,” was Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s said of the House’s passage of legislation that authorizes nearly $901 billion in military spending for the coming fiscal year, as tens of millions of Americans face soaring health insurance premiums.

Reporting on Robert Docter's death describes his legacy as removing the long-held right of school staff to hit children and working to quickly & aggressively address the harms of segregation. I'd be pretty damn proud to be remembered that way. RIP. www.latimes.com/california/s...

I had the chance to visit the National Public Housing Museum in Chicago recently. 100/10 recommend… incredible fusion of history, sociology, policy, and art. Community is at the heart of everything and it’s clear.

ok I’m sorry to my budget but if I see a crazy deal on squishmallows you can’t tell me not to send 100 of them to the K-8 school in Baltimore my cousin teaches at when the holidays are coming up the algorithm knows I am a sucker