Check out the newest article from CEO @riyasahashah.bsky.social about the uptick in police militarization, ongoing and evolving surveillance efforts, and the threat these developments pose to Black and Brown children.

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Trump’s plan to militarize police will increase surveillance of Black children
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Letter to my former self as I celebrate twenty years with @juvenilelawcenter.bsky.social

What an honor to be in my hometown paper @freep.com

Trump's lies have real consequences. One of the latest involves his attack on children in DC. Read more by my colleague, Marsha Levick and me in today's @inquirer.com

Yesterday, President Trump took to Truth Social to call on Washington, DC to change its laws to charge more children as adults.

At Juvenile Law Center, we believe in treating kids as kids and we have been fighting against charging children as adults for half a century. Here's why.

SO excited for my copy of Black Genius to arrive today. @trejohnson.bsky.social
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Great piece on how research and data should be guiding youth justice transformation from two experts - Liz Ryan and Vincent Shiraldi www.governing.com/policy/why-a...

So happy to have the opportunity to give this keynote at the World Congress satellite event hosted by @bakermckenzie.bsky.social and @americanbar.org

So excited to be participating in this global event on the harm state systems cause children. bakerxchange.com/cv/1b1852098...

Our CEO @riyasahashah.bsky.social is in Humboldt County, California this week with the ABA Section of Litigation Children's Rights Committee. The working group is meeting with tribal leaders to learn about how tribal courts and

An excellent piece on the harm children are facing and how educators can act against these policies. hechingerreport.org/opinion-poli...

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NLG Chicago stands with our members Professor Sheila Bedi and Rifqa Falaneh in the face of McCarthyesque intimidation by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Workforce.

Read our full statement here:

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The only reason that the government is disappearing these students is because they have spoken out for Palestinian #humanrights. Now is the time for universities and law firms to stand with the rest of us and refuse to become a lever for the destruction of our democracy www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/T...

As a @umich.edu alum, what made my experience so amazing was the diversity on campus and that each of us, coming from different backgrounds and perspectives, was able to find a place. I strongly denounce these actions and the Alumni Association's decision to end the LEAD Scholars program.

Thank you thank you

Read the latest from our CEO @riyasahashah.bsky.social on our values. "This work is hard and will continue to get harder. Keeping children safe from state-imposed harm is an uphill battle. And we will continue to climb." jlc.org/news/driven-...

Driven by our values, we continue to climb
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“offered the United States of America the opportunity to outsource part of its prison system.”

Bukele said his country would accept only “convicted criminals” and would charge a fee that “would be relatively low for the U.S. but significant for us, making our entire prison system sustainable.”

Among the material devastation to everyday people, Senate Dems have now blown a hole in their ability to work with the House.

We had an agreed upon plan, House took immense risk, then Senate turned around midway and destroyed it w/ a fear-based, inexplicable abdication.

They own what happens next.

an important read.

probably the most mischievous grin ever

Silver Linings Playbook is a great pregame to tonight’s matchup. #GoBirds!