jaboa
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liberation researcher. i’d rather be outside.
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Sethy Seam, who was 16 when sentenced to life without parole, received clemency last year, and left prison in January after 27 years: “A lot of kids had hard lives. They did 25 years in prison, and now they’re a whole lot different. They need hope, too.”
In North Carolina, Juvenile Lifers See a Pathway to Freedom
After the state’s previous governor granted clemency to people sentenced to life in prison as minors, others with juvenile life sentences are hoping the new administration also believes in second chances.
boltsmag.org
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Sethy Seam, who was 16 when sentenced to life without parole, received clemency last year, and left prison in January after 27 years: “A lot of kids had hard lives. They did 25 years in prison, and now they’re a whole lot different. They need hope, too.”
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1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
1/ THREAD: This year ICE has sent a record 600 immigrant kids into federal shelters, more than in the previous four years combined. Data suggests some are being separated from their families.
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
For one 15-year-old, it began with a cracked windshield 👇
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Israel has violated the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire nearly 500 times in 44 days—killing 342 civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Israel has violated the U.S.-brokered Gaza ceasefire nearly 500 times in 44 days—killing 342 civilians, including children, women, and the elderly.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
That's more than 11 violations every single day.
The genocide never stopped. Palestinians are still being killed.
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DC Police Collaboration With Occupying Feds Perpetuates Family Separation
Increased criminalization and deportations exacerbate family separation by creating the conditions used to justify state intervention and forcible removal. www.commondreams.org/opinion/dc-f...
Increased criminalization and deportations exacerbate family separation by creating the conditions used to justify state intervention and forcible removal. www.commondreams.org/opinion/dc-f...
DC Police Collaboration With Occupying Feds Perpetuates Family Separation | Common Dreams
Increased criminalization and deportations exacerbate family separation by creating the conditions used to justify state intervention and forcible removal.
www.commondreams.org
November 23, 2025 at 5:56 AM
DC Police Collaboration With Occupying Feds Perpetuates Family Separation
Increased criminalization and deportations exacerbate family separation by creating the conditions used to justify state intervention and forcible removal. www.commondreams.org/opinion/dc-f...
Increased criminalization and deportations exacerbate family separation by creating the conditions used to justify state intervention and forcible removal. www.commondreams.org/opinion/dc-f...
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KYUK is the only public radio station in remote Alaska that regularly broadcasts in the Yugtun language, providing a crucial lifeline to the Indigenous communities in the area.
After Congress slashed its budget, the station isn't sure how it'll survive.
After Congress slashed its budget, the station isn't sure how it'll survive.
In rural America, public radio saves lives
In remote Alaska, public radio station KYUK is crucial during natural disasters. Without federal funding, how will it survive?
revealnews.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM
KYUK is the only public radio station in remote Alaska that regularly broadcasts in the Yugtun language, providing a crucial lifeline to the Indigenous communities in the area.
After Congress slashed its budget, the station isn't sure how it'll survive.
After Congress slashed its budget, the station isn't sure how it'll survive.
👉🏽Read the newest from me for @commondreams.org
“DC Police Collaboration With Occupying Feds Perpetuates Family Separation”
“DC Police Collaboration With Occupying Feds Perpetuates Family Separation”
As DC residents, we must ask: What does true family safety look like for us?
DC Police Collaboration With Federal Occupying Agencies Perpetuates Family Separation
Increased criminalization and deportations exacerbate family separation by creating the conditions used to justify state intervention and forcible removal.
www.commondreams.org
November 22, 2025 at 8:41 PM
👉🏽Read the newest from me for @commondreams.org
“DC Police Collaboration With Occupying Feds Perpetuates Family Separation”
“DC Police Collaboration With Occupying Feds Perpetuates Family Separation”
Yes! I’ll be speaking at this book release event at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social in Chicago on Dec 1st alongside editors.
pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/48811
pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/48811
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Yes! I’ll be speaking at this book release event at @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social in Chicago on Dec 1st alongside editors.
pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/48811
pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/48811
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"[W]hile the raids continued, the flow of information about them did not."
"It has been more than seven weeks since ICE last published a spreadsheet of aggregate detention statistics."
"Typically, these are published every two weeks."
#USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"It has been more than seven weeks since ICE last published a spreadsheet of aggregate detention statistics."
"Typically, these are published every two weeks."
#USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
ICE Raids Kept On During the Shutdown, But the Detention Data Stayed Hidden
More than seven weeks have passed since the last comprehensive release of detention and deportation numbers.
www.themarshallproject.org
November 16, 2025 at 3:41 PM
"[W]hile the raids continued, the flow of information about them did not."
"It has been more than seven weeks since ICE last published a spreadsheet of aggregate detention statistics."
"Typically, these are published every two weeks."
#USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
"It has been more than seven weeks since ICE last published a spreadsheet of aggregate detention statistics."
"Typically, these are published every two weeks."
#USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing
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“It takes more than a broken window to break our resolve.”
As public infrastructure continues to buckle under the Trump admin, radical indie bookstores provide essential civic spaces & cultural safeguards, Costa Beavin Pappas reports.
As public infrastructure continues to buckle under the Trump admin, radical indie bookstores provide essential civic spaces & cultural safeguards, Costa Beavin Pappas reports.
Indie bookstores merge activism and literature for collective care
Charis Books, Red Emma's, and other booksellers serve as intellectual and cultural hubs during rising authoritarianism
prismreports.org
November 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
“It takes more than a broken window to break our resolve.”
As public infrastructure continues to buckle under the Trump admin, radical indie bookstores provide essential civic spaces & cultural safeguards, Costa Beavin Pappas reports.
As public infrastructure continues to buckle under the Trump admin, radical indie bookstores provide essential civic spaces & cultural safeguards, Costa Beavin Pappas reports.
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ICE has published a request for information for private-sector contractors to launch a round-the-clock social media monitoring program.
ICE Is Collecting More Data, Aims to Outsource Judgment to Private Contractors
ICE wants to build a public-private surveillance loop that transforms everyday online activity into potential evidence.
buff.ly
November 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
ICE has published a request for information for private-sector contractors to launch a round-the-clock social media monitoring program.
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Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
November 10, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Just imagining the meeting where they must have been like “they might cancel my flight? Time to kill the sick.”
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Press freedom threats surge with ICE raids
Read this article by @kerrymflynn.bsky.social on @axios.com based on data from the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.
Read this article by @kerrymflynn.bsky.social on @axios.com based on data from the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.
Press freedom attacks surge with ICE raids
Local journalists are facing the most intense threat since the Black Lives Matter protests.
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Press freedom threats surge with ICE raids
Read this article by @kerrymflynn.bsky.social on @axios.com based on data from the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.
Read this article by @kerrymflynn.bsky.social on @axios.com based on data from the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.
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Women from 17 different countries are working together to coordinate the global struggle against mass incarceration.
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Formerly Incarcerated Women Are Building a Global Network to Fight Imprisonment
Women from 17 different countries are working together to coordinate the global struggle against mass incarceration.
truthout.org
November 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Women from 17 different countries are working together to coordinate the global struggle against mass incarceration.
buff.ly/PVtpTbY
buff.ly/PVtpTbY
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Learn more about the geography of mass incarceration in more than a dozen states here
www.prisonpolicy.org/origin/
www.prisonpolicy.org/origin/
Where People in Prison Come From: The geography of mass incarceration
We gathered the data to empower researchers, advocates, policymakers, and journalists to better study how mass incarceration harms all communities.
www.prisonpolicy.org
November 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Learn more about the geography of mass incarceration in more than a dozen states here
www.prisonpolicy.org/origin/
www.prisonpolicy.org/origin/
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'Unlearn the language of “good,” “innocent,” or “wrongfully.” This is not just a rhetorical shift, but a shift in values. Let go of any preconceived notions you had about “criminals.”' -- @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
truthout.org/articles/whe...
truthout.org/articles/whe...
When Everything Is Criminalized, We Must Unlearn the Language of “Innocence”
No one should be caged, tortured, detained, or deported by the state — all carceral violence is done wrongfully.
truthout.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
'Unlearn the language of “good,” “innocent,” or “wrongfully.” This is not just a rhetorical shift, but a shift in values. Let go of any preconceived notions you had about “criminals.”' -- @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
truthout.org/articles/whe...
truthout.org/articles/whe...
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Israeli use of torture in prison rose sharply after 7 October, says freed Palestinian author
Israeli use of torture in prison rose sharply after 7 October, says freed Palestinian author
Nasser Abu Srour says prisons became like ‘another front’ in Gaza war and tells of struggle to adjust to life outside
A celebrated Palestinian author who was freed last month after more than 32 years in Israeli prisons has said the use of torture increased dramatically during his last two years of captivity as Israel came to treat its jails as another front in the Gaza war.
Nasser Abu Srour, whose prison memoir has been translated into seven languages and is tipped to win a major international literary prize this month, was among more than 150 Palestinians serving life sentences who were freed as part of the US-brokered Gaza ceasefire and then immediately exiled to Egypt, where most remain in limbo. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Israeli use of torture in prison rose sharply after 7 October, says freed Palestinian author
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With SNAP expiring, at least one Calif community is responding not by helping people get food, but by threatening hungry people with arrest
This is what we mean when we say policing is a policy choice that creates crime
Here’s the math that proves it 🧵
This is what we mean when we say policing is a policy choice that creates crime
Here’s the math that proves it 🧵
California police boost patrols at grocery stores as millions set to lose SNAP benefits
Over 5.5 million Californians, including 2 million children, are set to lose their SNAP benefits this Saturday.
www.foxla.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:07 PM
With SNAP expiring, at least one Calif community is responding not by helping people get food, but by threatening hungry people with arrest
This is what we mean when we say policing is a policy choice that creates crime
Here’s the math that proves it 🧵
This is what we mean when we say policing is a policy choice that creates crime
Here’s the math that proves it 🧵
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US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
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A federal judge told the top Border Protection official to start wearing his body camera this week.
We should FOIA that footage now.
Read about this story and more in our secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds.
We should FOIA that footage now.
Read about this story and more in our secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds.
When immigration agents hide, body camera footage is vital
Plus: The case for making public records-based reporting free
freedom.press
November 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
A federal judge told the top Border Protection official to start wearing his body camera this week.
We should FOIA that footage now.
Read about this story and more in our secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds.
We should FOIA that footage now.
Read about this story and more in our secrecy newsletter, The Classifieds.
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"The fugitives’ underground is hardly treated as a space of learning, ideas, & imagination… Vigilance cmtes opened up spaces where fugitives & other abolitionists could exchange ideas that the most absolute dreams of the abolitionist mvmt could be made thinkable." hammerandhope.org/article/unde...
The Black People Who Fled Slavery Had a Lot to Teach Their Northern Allies
Black-led vigilance committees not only protected and aided fugitives but also learned from the formerly enslaved as they built a movement pedagogy together.
hammerandhope.org
November 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
"The fugitives’ underground is hardly treated as a space of learning, ideas, & imagination… Vigilance cmtes opened up spaces where fugitives & other abolitionists could exchange ideas that the most absolute dreams of the abolitionist mvmt could be made thinkable." hammerandhope.org/article/unde...
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The United States, in which people are happy to spend $ millions on police overtime just to make sure that (checks notes) hungry children don’t get to eat.
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
November 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The United States, in which people are happy to spend $ millions on police overtime just to make sure that (checks notes) hungry children don’t get to eat.
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SCOOP: The Trump administration acknowledged they don’t know the identities of the people they’re killing; can’t meet the evidentiary burden to prosecute survivors; and consider those survivors to be “unprivileged belligerents." theintercept.com/2025/10/31/t...
Trump Administration Admits It Doesn’t Know Who Exactly It’s Killing in Boat Strikes
Officials acknowledged they don’t know the identities of the people they’re killing and can’t meet the evidentiary burden to prosecute survivors.
theintercept.com
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 PM
SCOOP: The Trump administration acknowledged they don’t know the identities of the people they’re killing; can’t meet the evidentiary burden to prosecute survivors; and consider those survivors to be “unprivileged belligerents." theintercept.com/2025/10/31/t...
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This is what we mean when we say that abolition is a survivor led movement - survivors of sexual violence deserve more and better than this: prismreports.org/2025/10/09/d...
Deported after reporting sexual assault: A worker’s fight for justice
Jennyfer told police that her manager assaulted her. Within weeks of reporting, she was charged with a DUI and deported to Nicaragua
prismreports.org
October 31, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This is what we mean when we say that abolition is a survivor led movement - survivors of sexual violence deserve more and better than this: prismreports.org/2025/10/09/d...
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This looks like a concentration camp.
Under Trump, the draconian future of homelessness policy is coming into focus: mass internment. Utah is building a 16-acre site to detain up to 1,300 homeless people inside locked "accountability centers." This is profoundly alarming.
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
Vital reporting from @ellenbarry.bsky.social and Jason DeParle:
In Utah, Trump’s Vision for Homelessness Begins to Take Shape
www.nytimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:19 PM
This looks like a concentration camp.