NEW: 140 Employees at Trader Joe's in Chicago are forming a union and joining Trader Joe's United.

Los Angeles jails just posted their 10th in-custody death for this year, and the third in less than a week:

Rather than a land acknowledgment, something I've found to work better is a 'land history' segment to begin a teach-in or workshop, where you talk about land/building/house/neighborhood you're in, in all its complexity and how it connects to your topic that day. Eg:

Happy Eclipse Day.

I watched the 2017 partial eclipse from prison, and for reasons I can't explain, people seemed to enjoy this piece about my experience. daily.jstor.org/watching-an-ec…

Two simple accessibility things when you are making/sharing documents for others to read or give feedback:
- Use a sans serif font (calibri, ariel, aptos, etc)
- Don't use justified alignment

Call for abstracts: Addiction Health Services Research Conference! The deadline for all submissions is: Friday, May 3, 2024 at 11:59 PM PT. For more information: ahsrconference.org/2024/abstracts/

After witnessing a solar eclipse in February 1831, Nat Turner took it as a sign that it was time to act for freedom and planned to launch the uprising in August 1831.

Palestinian photojournalists share images that they want the world to never forget. (Warning: Graphic content) trib.al/xmglvLu

the closest Fordham has gotten to offering us a vision plan is handing out eclipse glasses

Right now, nearly half a million people in this country are locked up in jail pretrial.

Watching the solar eclipse from prison in 2017 reminded me I was still part of the world. Alive, not merely existing.

My latest piece here. daily.jstor.org/watching-an-ec…

i got a copy of cpd’s memorandum of understanding with soundthinking (maker of shotspotter) for crimetracer. the free, 6-month pilot allows cops to search records from agencies across the us. cpd also agreed to give other agencies access to its data.

🔗: documentcloud.org/documents/2453…

This man makes 13 cents an hour as a prison janitor.

After working 136 hours, he donated $17.74 to relief efforts in Gaza.

Such a beautiful interview-essay by Aala Abdullahi:

themarshallproject.org/2024/04/05/pri…

I'm really excited to be a part of this panel! Thank you to the amazing students at University of Michigan School of Social Work for organizing this and inviting me!

'Burton, like the imprisoned revolutionaries he studies, is thus waging war.' Nick Barber
publicbooks.org/a-poetics-of-l…

NEW: I want to share my Aug 2020 interview w Cecilia Gentili. We talked abt the life & COVID death of Lorena Borjas & abt Cecilia's own journey w sex work, addiction, stigma & living as a trans woman. Feel free to use for news, documentaries, teaching. drive.google.com/file/d/19IUr1m…

#DefundThePolice is a global concept! No such thing as good police! They are violence creators!

absolutely devastating news out of FL for abortion access. while the approval of the ballot initiative was approved, the devastation of a 6 week ban that will be in effect in just 30 days will be felt through the entire region

Our second Disability Intimacy Zoom event is coming up on April 25th at 4pm PT. Join us as we hear from folks featured in Alice Wong's upcoming anthology! tinyurl.com/DisabilityInti…

NYC's Silberman SSW has targeted and suspended student broigs company for their role in a collective campus action highlighting the harms of NYC ACS on Feb. 27. Read and sign this letter ASAP demanding that Silberman admin reverse Bran's suspension: bit.ly/reversebransus…