Incarceration has deadly consequences for everyone – even those who are not behind bars:

Reviewing contact sheets #artsinprison

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. ” Baldwin's finest interview www.themarginalian.org/2017/05/24/j...

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

"That same fight for visibility played out daily on newspaper presses from Pittsburgh to Chicago, where Black photographers documented joy, struggle, and everyday life for readers who rarely saw themselves elsewhere."

The migrants arrived in great numbers http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78539

Three U.S. states incarcerate women at a rate higher than El Salvador, a country that's been described as an authoritarian police state. The rest are not far behind – take a look at who holds the top 10 spots for women’s incarceration around the world:

Women’s incarceration is in crisis 🧵

Follow the Citizen Historians Newsletter here www.citizenhistorians.org/post/citizen...

First-of-its-kind exhibition at the National Gallery of Art explores photography's role in the Black Arts Movement artdaily.com/news/185676/...

“American politics is no longer a fight over policy; it is a fight over the character of the nation itself.” @jamellebouie Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

“What is needed is the right to print what one believes to be true, without having to fear bullying or blackmail from any side” and “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear” George Orwell

The Sentencing Project Condemns House Passage of Bills Threatening D.C.’s Autonomy and Youth. Yesterday, U.S. House of Representatives passed a set of bills that rolls back progress and poses a serious threat to the District of Columbia, endangering our communities and targeting youth.

‘Scourged Back’ Exposed The Horror Of Slavery. Now It’s Embroiled In America’s Censorship Debate seattlemedium.com/trump-photo-...

Agnes “Aggie” Gund saw the arts as a powerful way to combat social injustice and education inequity. A staunch advocate and major art collector, Gund was known for her philanthropic endeavors that bolstered underrepresented artists and underserved communities.

COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS: Israel’s killing of 31 Yemeni journalists marks deadliest global attack in 16 years cpj.org?p=522184 @pressfreedom.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #journalismisnotacrime #pressfreedom

“[C]ivilization is not destroyed by wicked people; it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.” -James Baldwin

That anyone in the administration could even broach the idea of censoring this image is stunning. Audacious and ignorant. This is extraordinarily worrying when it comes to the "content review" at the Smithsonian and other institutions. www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

Rare opportunity at Founders Library, Howard University to see Gordon Parks exploration of Black religious life. thehilltoponline.com/2025/09/15/g...

donald trump and the white nationalists that run his government want you to think that slavery was just fine www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

I'm always skeptical of Times opinion pieces. But some by-lines have earned our trust. That's the case here. 👇🏽

This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.

I want you all to just watch how quickly mainstream media moves on from this story now.

From @pkrugman.bsky.social who worries that Trump will use Kirk’s killing to incite violence against anyone who stands in his way.

condemnations of political violence are well taken but it does feel as if some prominent political commentators are of the view that violence isn’t a part of the history of American politics and that is very much not true.

“Why are we numb?” #fear #indifference @esglaude.bsky.social

Excerpt from the latest PROCSSS newsletter, where I wrote about following the blueprint left by the Jazz greats to stay engaged and creative in these oppressive times. www.nonstndrd.com/we-got-the-j...

You can’t edit history @zinnedproject.bsky.social

The #carceral system is a deadly place and is getting worse. #NationalSuicidePreventionMonth

Sending soldiers into cities under the guise of fighting crime is an unprecedented abuse of power. And it’s illegal. bit.ly/4m6TG77

Art Heals: The Jingle Dress Project has been extended through September 28, 2025 monroegallery.com

Photography that highlights the intimacy of life among one’s community #BlackSoutheners hyperallergic.com/1038134/recl...

End of summer joy, Family Day at Lorton Prison in the early days of #massincarceration

Happy Birthday Ai Weiwei #AiWeiwei

Photography as therapy and as a source for thriving “Katrina Camera Kids” thelensnola.org/2025/08/27/h...

i find this image so fascinating. it is both a literal example of authoritarianism but also a second-hand reproduction of the aesthetics of other authoritarian states. it's like a simulacra of authoritarianism whose purpose is to attempt to make the simulacra real.

Supporting and expanding Black Visual Archives, including DC’s Anacostia Museum #GettyFoundation

Dana Awartani, a Palestinian-Saudi artist, records sites of destruction by mapping them onto translucent fabric, tearing holes that correspond to damaged places before carefully stitching them back together. The result is a web of half-concealed cartography, a meticulous record of violent erasure.

White House to Vet Smithsonian Museums to Fit Trump’s Historical Vision www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

60,000 mostly innocent people imprisoned, millions terrorized, all in pursuit of ethnic cleansing, in the service of white nationalism.

Stop what you're doing and listen to this warning from @marcelias.bsky.social about the real reason for Trump's National Guard deployment in DC.

DC is home to 700k residents. It is a beautify city, and the only place that truely feels like home. Crime is at a historic 30 year low. We deserve statehood. We deserve representation in congress. We deserve autonomy. DC can govern itself. #dcstatehood #51ststate

BBC: “Al Jazeera’s entire team in Gaza city has been killed.”

COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS: Israel kills Al Jazeera journalists in targeted Gaza City airstrike cpj.org?p=503486 @pressfreedom.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #journalismisnotacrime #pressfreedom

Please be safe everyone. Critical to have these alerts @dcmigrantmutualaid.org

Photographer @darrow-m.bsky.social is re-editing his unpublished book as he shares it, finding new ways the photos are in dialogue with each other and the project as a whole. See the latest installment:

The National Park Service plans to reinstall a statue of Confederate general Alfred Pike that was toppled during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests in Washington, DC. Pike, who was accused of “scalping and defiling the bodies” of Union troops, reportedly later became involved with the KKK.