Lawyer Lady
@afrofuturesq.bsky.social
Public interest attorney on the Parable path. God is change.
"If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective."
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christmas sermon, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967.
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christmas sermon, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967.
January 18, 2026 at 7:59 PM
"If we are to have peace on earth, our loyalties must become ecumenical rather than sectional. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective."
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christmas sermon, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967.
Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Christmas sermon, Atlanta, Georgia, 1967.
Oh Corey. Why?
These elected Dems still don’t get it. @booker.senate.gov
January 18, 2026 at 1:44 AM
Oh Corey. Why?
We all said
LA
Chicago
Portland
But all it took was
One lie about
Somali daycare centers
Run by BLACK PEOPLE
And here we are
In Minneapolis
Tell me again
This isn’t about
AMERICAN
White Nationalism
Ethnic cleansing
And
Genocide
They put out a
900 page manifesto
RISE BITCHES
🔥🧱💖🇺🇸
#Mm
LA
Chicago
Portland
But all it took was
One lie about
Somali daycare centers
Run by BLACK PEOPLE
And here we are
In Minneapolis
Tell me again
This isn’t about
AMERICAN
White Nationalism
Ethnic cleansing
And
Genocide
They put out a
900 page manifesto
RISE BITCHES
🔥🧱💖🇺🇸
#Mm
January 17, 2026 at 7:45 PM
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For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
Opinion | I'm a Minneapolis sociologist who studies violence. Here's how ICE observers are helping.
Research into how violence occurs shows that disapproval from the people around you can help reduce it.
www.ms.now
January 16, 2026 at 6:55 PM
For @msnownews.bsky.social, I wrote an article about how ICE Watch is grounded in sociological theories of violence prevention.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The reality is that most men will only commit public violence in extremely specific scenarios and ICE Watch disrupts the conditions necessary for escalation.
The Washington Post owes reparations for this lede.
January 17, 2026 at 3:57 AM
The Washington Post owes reparations for this lede.
ICE lynched Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota like it was 1964 in Mississippi and she was helping Black people register to vote.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.
January 16, 2026 at 6:17 PM
ICE lynched Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota like it was 1964 in Mississippi and she was helping Black people register to vote.
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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“She made me mad” = “internal bleeding.” We’re all clear on that, right?
January 15, 2026 at 8:41 PM
“She made me mad” = “internal bleeding.” We’re all clear on that, right?
Black people live on a space-time continuum with wisdom you need.
This is really, really important.
Especially if you've said, "I can't believe this is happening" at any point since January 2025.
This is really, really important.
Especially if you've said, "I can't believe this is happening" at any point since January 2025.
The America We Always Knew - KOLUMN Magazine
What many now call a rupture has long been a routine—over-policing did not arrive with immigration raids; it was already embedded in American life.
www.kolumnmagazine.com
January 15, 2026 at 7:05 PM
Black people live on a space-time continuum with wisdom you need.
This is really, really important.
Especially if you've said, "I can't believe this is happening" at any point since January 2025.
This is really, really important.
Especially if you've said, "I can't believe this is happening" at any point since January 2025.
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It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
December 6, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It starts with knowing the truth. Don’t allow yourselves to be gaslit into believing this is a real question.
"We will not let Mr. Trump intimidate or debilitate us. We are not afraid. After all, Minnesotans not only welcome refugees, they also sent one to Congress.
-US Rep Ilhan Omar
-US Rep Ilhan Omar
Opinion | Ilhan Omar: Trump Knows He’s Failing. Cue the Bigotry.
www.nytimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
"We will not let Mr. Trump intimidate or debilitate us. We are not afraid. After all, Minnesotans not only welcome refugees, they also sent one to Congress.
-US Rep Ilhan Omar
-US Rep Ilhan Omar
Residents and nonprofit attorneys fight corrupt landlords for the fundamental human right to a home. Watch free through Dec 30!
www.pbs.org/video/slumlo...
1h 22m 38s | CC | Expires 12/30/2025 | Rating TV-PG
www.pbs.org/video/slumlo...
1h 22m 38s | CC | Expires 12/30/2025 | Rating TV-PG
VOCES | Slumlord Millionaire | Season 2024 | Episode 5
Residents and nonprofit attorneys fight corrupt landlords for the fundamental human right to a home.
www.pbs.org
December 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Residents and nonprofit attorneys fight corrupt landlords for the fundamental human right to a home. Watch free through Dec 30!
www.pbs.org/video/slumlo...
1h 22m 38s | CC | Expires 12/30/2025 | Rating TV-PG
www.pbs.org/video/slumlo...
1h 22m 38s | CC | Expires 12/30/2025 | Rating TV-PG
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Just so everyone is clear, these conversations are being had within the ranks.
November 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Just so everyone is clear, these conversations are being had within the ranks.
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This is FANTASTIC.
So grateful to visual artist @dreadscott.bsky.social and playwright Lynn Nottage.
#FallFreedoms
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
So grateful to visual artist @dreadscott.bsky.social and playwright Lynn Nottage.
#FallFreedoms
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
This weekend, artists are speaking out across the country
Artists in more than 40 states are spending Friday and Saturday participating in the "Fall of Freedom" – which they say represents a creative resistance to authoritarianism.
www.npr.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:43 PM
This is FANTASTIC.
So grateful to visual artist @dreadscott.bsky.social and playwright Lynn Nottage.
#FallFreedoms
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
So grateful to visual artist @dreadscott.bsky.social and playwright Lynn Nottage.
#FallFreedoms
www.npr.org/2025/11/21/n...
"Like you, I am heartened by the outcome of this week’s elections. But I understand that we still remain in deep peril as a nation. So let us all stay vigilant and on offense and demand the same of our leaders. . . . Because this battle is far from over." -Sherrilyn Ifill
Takeaways From Election 2025
Keep Fighting
sherrilyn.substack.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
"Like you, I am heartened by the outcome of this week’s elections. But I understand that we still remain in deep peril as a nation. So let us all stay vigilant and on offense and demand the same of our leaders. . . . Because this battle is far from over." -Sherrilyn Ifill
"From Atlanta to Minneapolis to Upstate New York, socialists across the country won municipal elections this week."
Socialists Won City Elections Across the Country This Week
It’s not just Zohran Mamdani — socialist candidates won municipal elections across the US last week. Like the New York mayor-elect, many of them focused their campaigns on affordability and relied on ...
jacobin.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:41 PM
"From Atlanta to Minneapolis to Upstate New York, socialists across the country won municipal elections this week."
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A lot of people are pretty freaked out by the current political state of affairs and carrying on because they don't know what else to do, except out one foot in front of the other.
And I think a lot of Very Online folks mistake that for "normie" indifference
And I think a lot of Very Online folks mistake that for "normie" indifference
October 24, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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Here's a gift link to the New York Times' coverage of the initial Tea Party rallies in April 2009 which inspired the media to treat it like a massive movement.
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Check out how tiny the crowds were:
Philly: 200
DC: "several hundred"
Boston: 500
Austin: 1,000
Houston: 2,000
Tax Day Is Met With Tea Parties (Published 2009)
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 11:07 PM
There is a segment of the US population who won't believe this is true. And another segment that will always deny it, no matter how big the numbers get. When people say it's not true, what they mean is they don't care.
Yet.
Yet.
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 19, 2025 at 9:10 PM
There is a segment of the US population who won't believe this is true. And another segment that will always deny it, no matter how big the numbers get. When people say it's not true, what they mean is they don't care.
Yet.
Yet.
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This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.
Jess Waters recycling the same guy over and over to represent “former” different enemies
October 7, 2025 at 10:44 AM
This is great. The absurdity of this moment captured. Make it go viral.
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It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...
October 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's a pretty big deal that the NYC Bar Association--one of the most prominent and respected bar associations in the country--is accusing the President of ordering the "unlawful summary execution," i.e. murder--of civilians in violation of US and international law. www.nycbar.org/press-releas...
Organizational signatures needed. Tell your members of Congress that the Fair Housing Act is not optional, and HUD must defend civil rights in housing!
September 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Organizational signatures needed. Tell your members of Congress that the Fair Housing Act is not optional, and HUD must defend civil rights in housing!
Ta-Nehisi Coates on why it matters.
September 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates on why it matters.
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This is why I have decried the narrow range of voices and sources relied upon by those we rely on as “experts.”
September 8, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This is why I have decried the narrow range of voices and sources relied upon by those we rely on as “experts.”