Adam McGee
@adammcgee.bsky.social
Managing Editor, Inquest. Former Managing Editor & Arts Editor, Boston Review. Former former all-hands-on-deck, Transition. Just happy to be included.
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TODAY: Nicole Fleetwood and I are in dialogue about profit-driven incarceration, #prison labor, the art and intellectual work of incarcerated people, and of course William Freeman. Thanks to @inquest.bsky.social & @adammcgee.bsky.social for so much incisive critique of the #prisonindustrialcomplex.
The Profit Motive - Robin Bernstein & Nicole R. Fleetwood - Inquest
A recent book unveils the shockingly long history of for-profit prisons—and the equally long history of incarcerated people demanding compensation for their exploited labor.
inquest.org
June 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
TODAY: Nicole Fleetwood and I are in dialogue about profit-driven incarceration, #prison labor, the art and intellectual work of incarcerated people, and of course William Freeman. Thanks to @inquest.bsky.social & @adammcgee.bsky.social for so much incisive critique of the #prisonindustrialcomplex.
If you would like to take the National Park Service's audio walking tour of Boston LGBTQ+ history, it's public domain and @queerhistoryboston.bsky.social has made it publicly available again, despite efforts by the Trump administration to scrub it (and us).
“Their Dreams, Their Rights, and Their Love" | The History Project
As of February 2025, the original “Their Dreams, Their Rights, and Their Love:" An LGBTQ+ Audio Tour of Beacon Hill and Downtown Boston is no longer available on the National Park Service website.
www.historyproject.org
April 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If you would like to take the National Park Service's audio walking tour of Boston LGBTQ+ history, it's public domain and @queerhistoryboston.bsky.social has made it publicly available again, despite efforts by the Trump administration to scrub it (and us).
Over the moon that Inquest has been named a finalist for the National Magazine Awards!
Inquest is honored to be a finalist for the National Magazine Awards in the General Excellence – Special Interest category! We're grateful to all our readers, donors, and authors—particularly our incarcerated and formerly incarcerated authors!
ASME ANNOUNCES NATIONAL MAGAZINE AWARDS 2025 FINALISTS
Nominees for ASME Award for Fiction and ASME Awards for Design, Photography and Illustration also named; winners to be announced April 10
www.asme.media
February 14, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Over the moon that Inquest has been named a finalist for the National Magazine Awards!
Buddy is the protagonist. I just open the cans.
February 7, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Buddy is the protagonist. I just open the cans.
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Joe Biden made history when he commuted the sentences of just about everyone on federal death row. But he lost the moral argument against the death penalty when he denied mercy to some, writes Carol Steiker. https://inquest.org/almost-anti-death-penalty/
Almost Anti–Death Penalty | Carol Steiker | INQUEST
Biden’s incomplete slate of commutations saved lives but lost the moral argument.
inquest.org
February 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Joe Biden made history when he commuted the sentences of just about everyone on federal death row. But he lost the moral argument against the death penalty when he denied mercy to some, writes Carol Steiker. https://inquest.org/almost-anti-death-penalty/