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Our new report highlights how wrongful convictions are a common feature of the death penalty. Black people are more likely to be wrongfully convicted and executed despite their innocence.
New Report Highlights the 'Fatal Flaws' Behind Wrongful Capital Convictions
The ACLU found official misconduct, perjury, and predominantly white juries to be leading contributors to exonerated death sentences.
www.texasobserver.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Our new report highlights how wrongful convictions are a common feature of the death penalty. Black people are more likely to be wrongfully convicted and executed despite their innocence.
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If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
www.foxla.com
October 30, 2025 at 12:47 AM
If you see someone stealing food - no you didn't.
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It's hard to overstate how fully engaged Chicago and the surrounding suburbs are in this ICE madness. There are neighborhood watch alerts, spontaneous crowds gathering outside schools at pick up & drop off plus madly blowing whistles and honking car horns, this city is fighting back and hard.
October 25, 2025 at 2:14 PM
It's hard to overstate how fully engaged Chicago and the surrounding suburbs are in this ICE madness. There are neighborhood watch alerts, spontaneous crowds gathering outside schools at pick up & drop off plus madly blowing whistles and honking car horns, this city is fighting back and hard.
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"Federal agents fired a pepper round that struck the pastor of the College Heights United Church of Christ. The impact caked his face in orange powder...
“I’m in a lot of pain,” the pastor texted from the emergency room, “He clearly was aiming for the face.”
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
“I’m in a lot of pain,” the pastor texted from the emergency room, “He clearly was aiming for the face.”
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
October 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Federal agents fired a pepper round that struck the pastor of the College Heights United Church of Christ. The impact caked his face in orange powder...
“I’m in a lot of pain,” the pastor texted from the emergency room, “He clearly was aiming for the face.”
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
“I’m in a lot of pain,” the pastor texted from the emergency room, “He clearly was aiming for the face.”
www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...
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its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites
October 25, 2025 at 5:41 PM
its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites
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Always echoing Abu Kittens to emphasize—mutual aid is a support front. The occupation is starving these families, so we help them eat. Is trying to ethnically cleanse them, so we empower them.
Every dollar. Six families & a camp. 2436/3200 by Saturday chuffed.org/project/hope...
Every dollar. Six families & a camp. 2436/3200 by Saturday chuffed.org/project/hope...
Keep Hope Alive: a Gaza Giving Circle
We are a team of volunteers in the US and UK, led by two sisters passionate about helping our friends on the ground keep their families and neighbors alive with food, water, & shelter. We saw that…
chuffed.org
September 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Always echoing Abu Kittens to emphasize—mutual aid is a support front. The occupation is starving these families, so we help them eat. Is trying to ethnically cleanse them, so we empower them.
Every dollar. Six families & a camp. 2436/3200 by Saturday chuffed.org/project/hope...
Every dollar. Six families & a camp. 2436/3200 by Saturday chuffed.org/project/hope...
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The conservative majority simply blocks off reality to justify its ends. Today’s decision is as chilling as it gets.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
SCOTUS, ICE Raids & The Matter of Facts
There is a lot one can say about today’s Supreme Court order lifting the stay issued by a federal district court in Noem v Vasquez Perdomo,[i]. This is the case that challenges the constitutionality o...
open.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The conservative majority simply blocks off reality to justify its ends. Today’s decision is as chilling as it gets.
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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Let’s say it plain: the Supreme Court of the United States endorsed racial profiling today.
September 8, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Let’s say it plain: the Supreme Court of the United States endorsed racial profiling today.
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assassins dress like cops bc that’s who’s allowed to murder people in broad daylight
June 14, 2025 at 4:40 PM
assassins dress like cops bc that’s who’s allowed to murder people in broad daylight
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a haitian woman died in ICE custody
her name was marie ange blaise
her name was marie ange blaise
fuck your peace
they are snatching our ppl off the streets
they are snatching our ppl off the streets
why are you not already angry?
June 14, 2025 at 4:48 PM
a haitian woman died in ICE custody
her name was marie ange blaise
her name was marie ange blaise
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Today is Trans Day of Visibility. At a time when the administration is doing everything in its power to erase trans folks, it is even more important to uplift, appreciate, respect, and celebrate our trans siblings.
I see you.
I appreciate you.
I respect you.
I celebrate you.
I love you.
🏳️⚧️🩵💗🤍
I see you.
I appreciate you.
I respect you.
I celebrate you.
I love you.
🏳️⚧️🩵💗🤍
March 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Today is Trans Day of Visibility. At a time when the administration is doing everything in its power to erase trans folks, it is even more important to uplift, appreciate, respect, and celebrate our trans siblings.
I see you.
I appreciate you.
I respect you.
I celebrate you.
I love you.
🏳️⚧️🩵💗🤍
I see you.
I appreciate you.
I respect you.
I celebrate you.
I love you.
🏳️⚧️🩵💗🤍
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jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️⚧️
March 31, 2025 at 3:57 PM
jupiter wishes you a very happy trans day of visibility 🏳️⚧️
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Momodou Taal, the Black Cornell University student targeted by ICE for protesting against Israel’s genocidal assault against Palestinians, has announced he is leaving America.
x.com/MomodouTaal/...
x.com/MomodouTaal/...
April 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Momodou Taal, the Black Cornell University student targeted by ICE for protesting against Israel’s genocidal assault against Palestinians, has announced he is leaving America.
x.com/MomodouTaal/...
x.com/MomodouTaal/...
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“We’ve seen over the past couple of days over 200 children killed.”
Rosalia Bollen, a UNICEF communications specialist says an immediate ceasefire is the most critical measure that can be taken to save the lives of children in Gaza.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/u970tv
Rosalia Bollen, a UNICEF communications specialist says an immediate ceasefire is the most critical measure that can be taken to save the lives of children in Gaza.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/u970tv
March 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
“We’ve seen over the past couple of days over 200 children killed.”
Rosalia Bollen, a UNICEF communications specialist says an immediate ceasefire is the most critical measure that can be taken to save the lives of children in Gaza.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/u970tv
Rosalia Bollen, a UNICEF communications specialist says an immediate ceasefire is the most critical measure that can be taken to save the lives of children in Gaza.
🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/u970tv
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Again, I'd implore my colleagues in the media to stop using euphemisms around "diversity" and "anti -DEI".
And start saying that this these efforts are racial and gender purgings. That these efforts are segregationist.
And start saying that this these efforts are racial and gender purgings. That these efforts are segregationist.
March 19, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Again, I'd implore my colleagues in the media to stop using euphemisms around "diversity" and "anti -DEI".
And start saying that this these efforts are racial and gender purgings. That these efforts are segregationist.
And start saying that this these efforts are racial and gender purgings. That these efforts are segregationist.
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March 18, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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NEW from me: Some U.S. citizens have already been caught up in Trump's immigration dragnet. More will be.
A side note: more reports of citizens detained by immigration officials emerged even as we prepped this story for publication.
For @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/more...
A side note: more reports of citizens detained by immigration officials emerged even as we prepped this story for publication.
For @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/more...
Some Americans Have Already Been Caught in Trump’s Immigration Dragnet. More Will Be.
Federal immigration authorities have a history of wrongfully detaining U.S. citizens. Advocates warn that the Trump administration’s immigration policies mean that more citizens will get caught up in ...
www.propublica.org
March 18, 2025 at 8:50 PM
NEW from me: Some U.S. citizens have already been caught up in Trump's immigration dragnet. More will be.
A side note: more reports of citizens detained by immigration officials emerged even as we prepped this story for publication.
For @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/more...
A side note: more reports of citizens detained by immigration officials emerged even as we prepped this story for publication.
For @propublica.org
www.propublica.org/article/more...
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“If the state can deprive an individual of his freedom simply because of his politics, which is what appears to have happened [to Mahmoud Khalil], then no one is safe,” @adamserwer.bsky.social writes: theatln.tc/87FfKC8B
March 11, 2025 at 10:13 PM
“If the state can deprive an individual of his freedom simply because of his politics, which is what appears to have happened [to Mahmoud Khalil], then no one is safe,” @adamserwer.bsky.social writes: theatln.tc/87FfKC8B
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Rest in Peace to Sam Nordquist 🏳️⚧️
Sam was a trans man whose life was tragically cut short due to severe violence. His story is not an isolated one—violence against transgender people, especially Black and Brown trans individuals, remains a crisis.
Sam was a trans man whose life was tragically cut short due to severe violence. His story is not an isolated one—violence against transgender people, especially Black and Brown trans individuals, remains a crisis.
February 20, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Rest in Peace to Sam Nordquist 🏳️⚧️
Sam was a trans man whose life was tragically cut short due to severe violence. His story is not an isolated one—violence against transgender people, especially Black and Brown trans individuals, remains a crisis.
Sam was a trans man whose life was tragically cut short due to severe violence. His story is not an isolated one—violence against transgender people, especially Black and Brown trans individuals, remains a crisis.
It’s up to us. Fight for trans folks. 🏳️⚧️
EEOC seeks to drop transgender discrimination cases, citing Trump's executive order.
The EEOC moved to dismiss six of its own cases on behalf of workers alleging gender identity discrimination.
apnews.com/article/eeoc...
The EEOC moved to dismiss six of its own cases on behalf of workers alleging gender identity discrimination.
apnews.com/article/eeoc...
EEOC seeks to drop transgender discrimination cases, citing Trump's executive order
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has moved to dismiss its own lawsuit on behalf of a worker allegedly fired for his sexual orientation and gender identity.
apnews.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
It’s up to us. Fight for trans folks. 🏳️⚧️
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They would not proclaim such executive powers for "the president" if they believed President AOC could, in 2029, decide to unilaterally cut the defense budget by hundreds of billions. They are working to neuter free and fair elections. You can bet on it.
The only way I can interpret the GOP's actions is that they are 100% certain they will never face another democratic election again.
They hit the shore and burned their ships.
They hit the shore and burned their ships.
February 11, 2025 at 6:35 AM
They would not proclaim such executive powers for "the president" if they believed President AOC could, in 2029, decide to unilaterally cut the defense budget by hundreds of billions. They are working to neuter free and fair elections. You can bet on it.
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“First do no harm”
NYU-Langone is cancelling appointments for gender-affirming care for young trans people, parents say. The cancellations come after Trump's order directing institutions that receive federal funding to end gender-affirming care for patients under 19. hellgatenyc.com/nyu-langone-...
NYU-Langone Is Cancelling Gender-Affirming Care Appointments for Trans Kids, Parents Say
The cancellations come on the heels of an executive order signed by President Trump directing institutions that receive federal funding to end gender-affirming care for patients under the age of 19.
hellgatenyc.com
February 1, 2025 at 5:39 AM
“First do no harm”
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Toni Morrison said that racism is about forcing Black people (and everyone else targeted) to waste time proving ourselves instead of being ourselves. That’s the issue on this platform. Who gets to spend time being themselves, and who has to spend time proving we deserve to be here?
July 13, 2023 at 5:20 AM
Toni Morrison said that racism is about forcing Black people (and everyone else targeted) to waste time proving ourselves instead of being ourselves. That’s the issue on this platform. Who gets to spend time being themselves, and who has to spend time proving we deserve to be here?
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If you're enjoying Bluesky and you don't want it to turn into the cesspool of hate that Twitter did, you best speak up now. Cut that 'I don't know what to say' shit out and amplify Black and queer voices, because the BS team ain't listening to us.
July 13, 2023 at 8:49 AM
If you're enjoying Bluesky and you don't want it to turn into the cesspool of hate that Twitter did, you best speak up now. Cut that 'I don't know what to say' shit out and amplify Black and queer voices, because the BS team ain't listening to us.