sarah
@sarah-a-riley.bsky.social
researching carceral systems, race/ism, and cumulative theft. aspiring water pancake. mostly a gina fan account 🐶
https://sarah-a-riley.org
https://sarah-a-riley.org
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Arizona’s food banks are working to mitigate the twin problems of the Trump administration’s deep cuts to food aid and impending cuts to the federal program that gives America’s working poor money to purchase groceries.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/arizo...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/arizo...
Arizona lost nearly 2 million pounds of food aid to Trump cuts, leaving food banks scrambling • Ohio Capital Journal
Arizona’s food banks are working to mitigate the twin problems of the Trump administration’s deep cuts to food aid and impending cuts to the federal program that gives America’s working poor money to…
ohiocapitaljournal.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Arizona’s food banks are working to mitigate the twin problems of the Trump administration’s deep cuts to food aid and impending cuts to the federal program that gives America’s working poor money to purchase groceries.
ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/arizo...
ohiocapitaljournal.com/briefs/arizo...
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SNAP benefits on pace to run out in two weeks if shutdown persists www.newsfromthestates.com/article/snap...
SNAP benefits on pace to run out in two weeks if shutdown persists
WASHINGTON — As the federal government shutdown extends to day 17, and with congressional leaders nowhere near negotiating, state officials are beginning to raise concerns of potential cuts to nutriti...
www.newsfromthestates.com
October 17, 2025 at 7:47 PM
SNAP benefits on pace to run out in two weeks if shutdown persists www.newsfromthestates.com/article/snap...
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Sierra Johnson, 36, never got to read the story we wrote about her, in which she spoke up for the roughly 1,600 women who sued New York State in 2023 alleging they were sexually assaulted in state prisons.
Sierra Johnson, Who Fought for the Victims of Sexual Abuse in NY Prisons, Dies Waiting for Own Lawsuit to Be Heard
Johnson was one of roughly 1,600 women to sue the state in 2023 under the Adult Survivors Act alleging they were sexually assaulted in state prisons.
hellgatenyc.com
October 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Sierra Johnson, 36, never got to read the story we wrote about her, in which she spoke up for the roughly 1,600 women who sued New York State in 2023 alleging they were sexually assaulted in state prisons.
This version of the NYT feels so far away. ALSO, I had no idea Gingrich was responsible for the dissolution of one of my favorite agencies (and the author of the report screenshotted in my cover photo)
The path to our reality-denying authoritarian moment has many origins, but was thinking today abt how long we’ve been on this path.
In particular, was thinking abt how one of Gingrich’s first acts upon taking over the House for the first time in a generation was to gut all its expert institutions.
In particular, was thinking abt how one of Gingrich’s first acts upon taking over the House for the first time in a generation was to gut all its expert institutions.
Gingrich and the Destruction of Congressional Expertise
A decline in the ability of Congressional staffs to provide independent research can be traced to Newt Gingrich’s tenure as speaker, and his recent call to abolish the Congressional Budget Office has ...
archive.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
This version of the NYT feels so far away. ALSO, I had no idea Gingrich was responsible for the dissolution of one of my favorite agencies (and the author of the report screenshotted in my cover photo)
Obviously I don’t expect anything from our bigoted and pathetic mayor, but I’m gonna need more from the NYCDOE than “deeply disappointed.” Your only job is to protect and educate students, and if you’re not committed to doing so, then step down.
Trump administration strips NYC of millions in funding because of trans student policies https://gothamist.com/news/trump-administration-strips-nyc-of-millions-in-funding-because-of-trans-student-policies
Trump administration strips NYC of millions in funding because of trans student policies
A protest for trans rights in Washington, D.C.
Federal officials said New York City’s policies on bathroom access violate civil rights law, and that the Trump administration would be freezing $15 million the city had previously won in grants to support five new magnet schools. [ more › ]
gothamist.com
September 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Obviously I don’t expect anything from our bigoted and pathetic mayor, but I’m gonna need more from the NYCDOE than “deeply disappointed.” Your only job is to protect and educate students, and if you’re not committed to doing so, then step down.
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Basically, their effort to portray Autism as preventable and curable is part of a larger project to eliminate anyone they see as costing society more than they contribute. And, short of that, to push those costs fully onto families and off of the state.
September 23, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Basically, their effort to portray Autism as preventable and curable is part of a larger project to eliminate anyone they see as costing society more than they contribute. And, short of that, to push those costs fully onto families and off of the state.
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This is insane, @mta.info.
A white woman gets on a Metro-North, tells a Black man to sit differently, then complains to the conductor when he says no.
That’s bad.
But then the conductor CALLS THE COPS. On the MAN. For not changing how he was SITTING.
That’s inexcusable, @mta.info.
A white woman gets on a Metro-North, tells a Black man to sit differently, then complains to the conductor when he says no.
That’s bad.
But then the conductor CALLS THE COPS. On the MAN. For not changing how he was SITTING.
That’s inexcusable, @mta.info.
September 22, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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Alex O'Keefe, Award-Winning Black Screenwriter, Pulled From Train After White Woman Objects To How He Was Sitting
Alex O'Keefe, an award-winning Black screenwriter, was pulled from a train by the police after a white woman objected to his posture.
www.blackenterprise.com
September 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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My book w/@profsorelle.bsky.social will be out in January! These ideas have brewed since I interned at Queens Legal Services 20 years ago. The book is for anyone who cares about people, justice, power & democracy. Much more to share more in the coming months!
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Uncivil Democracy
How the civil legal system undermines the political lives of marginalized communities
press.princeton.edu
September 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My book w/@profsorelle.bsky.social will be out in January! These ideas have brewed since I interned at Queens Legal Services 20 years ago. The book is for anyone who cares about people, justice, power & democracy. Much more to share more in the coming months!
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Courtney Williams’ dad 🥹😭
September 21, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Courtney Williams’ dad 🥹😭
This is insane and also mirrors the staggering precarity of Black women's jobs all over the country right now. In her own words via www.seattletimes.com/sports/storm...
September 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This is insane and also mirrors the staggering precarity of Black women's jobs all over the country right now. In her own words via www.seattletimes.com/sports/storm...
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In some major personal news, I recently found out there are woolly pigs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangali...
Mangalica - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
In some major personal news, I recently found out there are woolly pigs. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangali...
After a really rough game 2, I’m proud of my team 🥹🗽🔥. Can’t for next season !!!!!
September 20, 2025 at 3:25 AM
After a really rough game 2, I’m proud of my team 🥹🗽🔥. Can’t for next season !!!!!
After the disrespect they showed Liberty fans, I look forward to watching the Lynx stomp all over the Mercury. They could barely take an injured Stewie. Better say their prayers lol
September 20, 2025 at 3:24 AM
After the disrespect they showed Liberty fans, I look forward to watching the Lynx stomp all over the Mercury. They could barely take an injured Stewie. Better say their prayers lol
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The @nber.org Race and Stratification in the Economy working group is seeking submissions for our upcoming Spring 2026 meeting to be held on March 27, 2026.
The submission deadline is December 11, 2025.
The call for papers is here:
www.asc.ohio-state.edu/logan.155/pd...
The submission deadline is December 11, 2025.
The call for papers is here:
www.asc.ohio-state.edu/logan.155/pd...
www.asc.ohio-state.edu
September 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The @nber.org Race and Stratification in the Economy working group is seeking submissions for our upcoming Spring 2026 meeting to be held on March 27, 2026.
The submission deadline is December 11, 2025.
The call for papers is here:
www.asc.ohio-state.edu/logan.155/pd...
The submission deadline is December 11, 2025.
The call for papers is here:
www.asc.ohio-state.edu/logan.155/pd...
Moskowitz threatened my job when I refused to mail a threatening and confusing “expulsion” letter to a student with an IEP. Money and power are secondary to the humanity of her majority Black and low-income students. But I should thank her for leading me to the best job I ever had (at NYCDOE D79).
The founder of Success Academy, NYC's largest network of charter schools, admonished several hundred employees during an “emergency meeting” for failing to lobby elected officials in sufficient numbers ahead of a march over the Brooklyn Bridge: https://bit.ly/4poYRSJ
September 18, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Moskowitz threatened my job when I refused to mail a threatening and confusing “expulsion” letter to a student with an IEP. Money and power are secondary to the humanity of her majority Black and low-income students. But I should thank her for leading me to the best job I ever had (at NYCDOE D79).
Can somebody explain Etsy witches to me before game 3 please 😬
That’s about as bad a loss as I could have imagined. 🗽 🏀 ⛹🏽♀️ #WNBA #WNBASky #WNBAPlayoffs #2025WNBAPlayoffs #NewYorkLiberty #LibertySky
Satou Sabally, Alyssa Thomas help Phoenix beat New York to even best-of-three WNBA playoff series - The Boston Globe
The pair scored 15 points apiece to force a decisive Game 3 at the Mercury Friday night.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Can somebody explain Etsy witches to me before game 3 please 😬
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8 Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to enable 14-year-olds in DC to be tried as adults:
Cuellar
Davis (NC)
Gillen
Golden
Lee (NV)
Min
Perez
Vindman
Harmful, heinous, counterproductive, and deeply racist
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
Cuellar
Davis (NC)
Gillen
Golden
Lee (NV)
Min
Perez
Vindman
Harmful, heinous, counterproductive, and deeply racist
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
September 17, 2025 at 12:42 AM
8 Democrats just joined Republicans in voting to enable 14-year-olds in DC to be tried as adults:
Cuellar
Davis (NC)
Gillen
Golden
Lee (NV)
Min
Perez
Vindman
Harmful, heinous, counterproductive, and deeply racist
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
Cuellar
Davis (NC)
Gillen
Golden
Lee (NV)
Min
Perez
Vindman
Harmful, heinous, counterproductive, and deeply racist
clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/rol...
Dinesh D’Souza’s demented son-in-law, himself a conspiracy theorist, who: 1) called for the deportation of Ilhan Omar, 2) cheered on murderer Daniel Penny, and 3) told Zohran Mamdani to “go back to the Third World” apparently hasn’t exhausted his capacity for evil. May he never know peace.
Also under consideration: HR-5140.
Current DC law generally treats individuals under 18 as juveniles, with some exceptions at age 15+.
This bill would lower the age to 14 for trying minors as adults in certain serious criminal cases.
Current DC law generally treats individuals under 18 as juveniles, with some exceptions at age 15+.
This bill would lower the age to 14 for trying minors as adults in certain serious criminal cases.
September 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Dinesh D’Souza’s demented son-in-law, himself a conspiracy theorist, who: 1) called for the deportation of Ilhan Omar, 2) cheered on murderer Daniel Penny, and 3) told Zohran Mamdani to “go back to the Third World” apparently hasn’t exhausted his capacity for evil. May he never know peace.
Everybody pray for Stewie’s knee please !!!!
September 17, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Everybody pray for Stewie’s knee please !!!!
Today’s featured set pet is Muffin. Here he is, finding his light. Chaotic and bossy, my feline twin
September 17, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Today’s featured set pet is Muffin. Here he is, finding his light. Chaotic and bossy, my feline twin
I’m upstate, filming interviews for work, and was fortunate to have the sweetest and most talented camera assistant 🥹
September 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I’m upstate, filming interviews for work, and was fortunate to have the sweetest and most talented camera assistant 🥹
The flexibility of “officer caused the death” means that so many people slip through the cracks. Failure to provide access to critical healthcare *is* the fault of the officer, for example
Separately, this is insane 👇🏽
Separately, this is insane 👇🏽
September 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The flexibility of “officer caused the death” means that so many people slip through the cracks. Failure to provide access to critical healthcare *is* the fault of the officer, for example
Separately, this is insane 👇🏽
Separately, this is insane 👇🏽
Watching highlights and Ionescu’s ability to muscle through defense while IN THE AIR and score is 🤯
September 15, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Watching highlights and Ionescu’s ability to muscle through defense while IN THE AIR and score is 🤯
Sandy loves herself a pinstripe 🕴🏻
September 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Sandy loves herself a pinstripe 🕴🏻