really fantastic job opportunity for folks with editorial experience (relatedly, if y’all are ever in the market for a labor reporter, PLEASE lmk @19thnews.org!) 19thnews.org/19th-news-ed...

My personal guiding question remains this: What have I done to alleviate suffering today? Convinced that being able to answer that affirmatively each night is what has powered me through the past few years, and lets me sleep at night.

Now that MDC Brooklyn is back in the spotlight because of Maduro, I’m re-upping this thread I posted from Sept. 2024 detailing a string of stories I’ve written about the place. I’ve written a number of stories since, but this is a good primer for those with interest.

Wegmans in New York City has begun collecting biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces from anyone who enters its supermarkets

It seems it is once again time for everyone to familiarize themselves with this anti-imperialist classic.

“I do wish for you love, joy, peace, health, & a 2026 that delivers more than we dared to dream of.” -Sheená King, sentenced as a 20-year-old to LWOP in PA

Has anyone recently (and successfully) sent a zine to a person in a federal prison?

'The Fifth Street Building Takeover: Archival Activations 11' zine by @prisonculture.bsky.social. Copies of the zine are available for purchase here: www.printedmatter.org/catalog/69980 I love working on the archival activations series and I always learn a lot.

this would be a great time to listen to @prisonculture.bsky.social’s excellent podcast “Johnny Cash, prison reformer”. Part 1 (of 2) available here: soundcloud.com/nia_audio/jo...

Last day to get 40% off CORRIDORS OF CONTAGION (and any other Haymarket book).

If you are a resident of California, the state now has a portal where you can demand deletion of your personal data from 500+ registered data brokers with a single request form, for free. consumer.drop.privacy.ca.gov

I have been informed that a woman, sentenced to LWOP when Nixon was president, will be released from prison next week.

In 2022, New York passed the HALT Solitary Confinement Act, limiting solitary to 15 consecutive days.

“We don't get to watch the news anymore. We are locked in our cells unless we are at programs, the yard, or the gym. There is a TV in the yard but the yard is not open when the news is on. I haven't seen the news since October.” -woman in NYS prison

thoroughly irritated (again) that a prison system, which scans incoming mail & does not give the original to incarcerated recipient, prohibits address labels.

I miss writing about reading books by women of color. If you’re an editor interested in either an end-of-year or quarterly recap, please get in touch!

My latest book—CORRIDORS OF CONTAGION: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration—is 40% off till Jan 2nd

“We must take a stand and speak up for what we believe in. We must be willing to oppose tyranny and we must learn to spot it under whichever cloak it hides.” -Ellen Knauff, who fought deportation &, despite a 1950 SCOTUS ruling against her, was victorious (Quote from Dan Berger’s forthcoming book)

NY is having a bad flu season. More hospitalizations last week than any week on record. Health authorities are encouraging everyone aged 6mo+ to get the flu vax (it's not too late). Find a provider here: on.nyc.gov/getvaccinated. You can filter for sites where there's no cost for the uninsured.

I have discovered a delightful website & newsletter about other writers’ bookshelves, validating my own cockamamie collections of books (and zines): shelfies.beehiiv.com/archive

Thread: I spent the end of 2025 interviewing women incarcerated in CA & NY about their hopes for clemency. All have been imprisoned for 10+ years—some for decades. All have transformed their lives despite the many obstacles in prison. In both states, the process is opaque & some are losing hope:

Tomorrow is Bluestockings's last day open! If you've been holding off and have a chance to go, NYC, now's your last chance!

During his nearly seven years in office, Newsom has granted 160 commutations.

My latest for @truthout.org (co-published with @theappeal.org ): truthout.org/articles/inc...

Leqaa Kordia was arrested in March at her ICE appointment in New Jersey and immediately sent to the Prairieland Detention Center where she’s been held ever since. People are organizing to demand her release, like her fellow Palestinians arrested at the Colombia U. Gaza solidarity protests.

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 Enjoy writing clever headlines and assigning one-of-a-kind stories? Have an eye for detail and a knack for turning rough copy into sparkling prose? We're looking for another editor to join our small but elite team covering New York City news and culture.

New Jersey’s highest court has banned testimony on Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS) from the state’s courtrooms. The decision could help unravel wrongful convictions throughout the country. New for @theappeal.org @truthout.org theappeal.org/new-jersey-s...

My latest for @hellgatenyc.com hellgatenyc.com/kathy-hochul...

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 Enjoy writing clever headlines and assigning one-of-a-kind stories? Have an eye for detail and a knack for turning rough copy into sparkling prose? We're looking for another editor to join our small but elite team covering New York City news and culture: hellgatenyc.com/hell-gate-is...

FCI Dublin was shut down in 2024 after revelations of abuse against prisoners. Residents want it to stay closed.

Our 2025 Editors’ Picks are here! Sports editor Frank Andre Guridy recommends "King of the North: Martin Luther King’s Life of Struggle Outside of the South" by @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social.

My latest for @truthout.org (co-published with @theappeal.org ) truthout.org/articles/ice...

Despite my attempt to hide my stacks of books in a book tree, I have even more unread books piling up again around the house! #bibliophile

What might become possible with increased and most importantly STABLE funding for public libraries? What happens if rent is frozen for 2 million people for 4 years?

Massachusetts prisons no longer use restrictive housing units, or RHUs, following a 2018 law limiting solitary confinement. But inmates and their advocates say that newly formed BAUs and SAUs continue the practice — “they just changed the acronyms.”

My latest book—CORRIDORS OF CONTAGION: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration—is 40% off till Jan 2nd

by Kwaneta Harris, incarcerated writer in Texas sfonline.barnard.edu/our-bodies-t...

from 2015 to April 2020, at least 3 women undergoing dialysis at Carswell died in that time period. All 3 women had been transferred to Carswell specifically to receive medical treatment, and all three developed sepsis prior to their death www.themarshallproject.org/2025/12/16/w...

I can't believe we're about enter the 7th year of Covid. I'm so tired of trying so hard not to get sick amidst a collapsing health care system and so much medical misinformation

Omar Hamad and Ibrahim are gathering donations to create a public library in Gaza after Israel’s genocidal war destroyed nearly all its existing libraries, schools, and universities. lithub.com/you-can-help...

Find free winter coat drives and locations in NYC. Open to all, donations welcome. documentedny.com/2025/11/26/f...

We put together this guide to showcase upcoming toy drives across all five NYC boroughs, offering families free toys and gifts for kids during the holidays. Help us share it! 🎄

It would be so incredible if at least 12 people wrote to @librariesftp.bsky.social about why they love their library :) 100 words! Take fifteen minutes this weekend to send us something?: forms.gle/oqTvmGJreEeU...

The ACA isn't just "health care for people who don't have a conventional employer." It also disallows something that was incredibly common 20 years ago, which I fear is getting lost to generational memory: insurance companies could deny you health care for essentially any previous health problem.

Damn this video of a observer/protester climbing a ladder to hand blanket to the construction worker who was surrounded by ICE.