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Dan Berger
@dnbrgr.bsky.social
Writer of words, hater of prisons

Author of STAYED ON FREEDOM: THE LONG HISTORY OF BLACK POWER THROUGH ONE FAMILY’S JOURNEY, plus other things.

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Without denying the severity of the attacks now underway, I’d say students have been on the chopping block for a long time—including the thousands of students arrested and dozens facing expulsion or even deportation for the offense of protesting genocide
March 6, 2025 at 11:02 PM
This chart from the NYT opinion page is an obscenity. Climate policy is unmentioned, the ongoing coup which has seen 200,000+ people fired is presented as less consequential than Ukraine policy, and the active re-segregation of the workforce is both positive & inconsequential.
March 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Ongoing constitutional crises, ranked from first to worst
February 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Ok, now do brown shirts
February 7, 2025 at 3:29 PM
This woman’s Grammys dress 🤝 my faith in the NYT to meet the moment

“Not much”
February 5, 2025 at 10:03 PM
LAT with quite the typo in its obituary for OJ Simpson
April 11, 2024 at 3:38 PM
With a poster (by @laurachowfun.bsky.social) to boot!
December 12, 2023 at 11:53 PM
I posted something on Twitter yesterday that @prisonculture.bsky.social liked enough to suggest it be made into a poster and @laurachowfun.bsky.social was talented enough to do. I am so excited to share it—and you can too: bit.ly/ChangeArt
November 14, 2023 at 4:56 PM
Updated to add: one of the books banned by Ohio DOC, Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era, was also used without my knowledge/ consent to train AI bots

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...
September 26, 2023 at 3:56 PM
Is this the first?
August 26, 2023 at 9:36 PM
The fight against #CopCity requires our support. I’ve got three copies of #StayedOnFreedom to give away to anyone who makes a donation of $25 or more (preferably more!) to @atlanta_press, @ATLSolFund, or @CommunityMvt. Send me the receipt, your address, & if you want it signed!
June 3, 2023 at 9:50 PM