I'm moderating a session for KQED's #PodcastGarage 4/13 with the To The Best Of Our Knowledge team about the Going for Broke series. Attend in person by registering here: eventbrite.com/e/podcast-gara… #journalism #BayArea #pubmedia

Hi! Please come to this Economic Hardship Reporting Project event for our show with To The Best Of Our Knowledge Bay Area friends-- there will also be copies of my new book Bootstrapped on hand, I will sign, discuss & chat! Piper Kerman KALW Rose Aguilar Monica Campbell ronpurser Irvine Foundation Leadership Awards Emerson Collective @amyjlow

This is how cops in Uvalde, who stood around while 19 kids were killed, treats one of the victim’s mother. They’ve done more to brutalize parents than to stop an active shooter. They’ll attack a mother with a sign but hide from killer with an AR-15.

I’ve been talking for a while now about preemption efforts by legislators that target democratically elected prosecutors, mayors and cities. They are often Black officials minority-majority cities and the efforts are meant to shame and diminish.

Much like the sheriffs who "don't enforce laws" -- this is not a "separation of powers" problem. This is about ensuring racist hierarchies. It also reflects the problem of tweaking a system that tbqh required major reform.

“The art of dependence means accepting aid with magnanimousness, and crucially, recognizing the importance of others. It takes dignity to lean on friends, loved ones, colleagues, and even on the state.” Listen to Alissa Quart on Next Big Idea Club! nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/boots…

"Missouri House Republicans voted to defund all of the state’s public libraries, in a proposed $45.6 billion state budget that will soon move to a vote in the GOP-controlled state Senate" heartlandsignal.com/2023/04/11/mis…

#BayArea! Excited for this event KQED w/ Alissa Quart Maia Szalavitz Shannon Henry Kleiber Alex Miller To The Best Of Our Knowledge Ernesto Aguilar this Thursday!

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Not a question we should need to ask. Yet here we are. My guess is that SCOTUS will decline to hear this case. Note that Dunn's innocence isn't in doubt. The question is whether the Constitution permits Missouri to keep him in prison anyway. slate.com/news-and-polit…

As a long-time queer I wanna remind folks that safety of trans/queer folks is abt more than "state-sponsored discrimination". It's also state violence like NYPD murder of Kawaski Trawick, a Black gay man cooking at home when he was killed. Eric Adams should #FireThompsonAndDavis

NEW: Harlan Crow paid Thomas for property. The law explicitly requires disclosure of property sales. Thomas didn't disclose anything. Here's Thomas' signature on the undisclosed deal. propublica.org/article/claren… By Justin Elliott Josh Kaplan & Alex Mierjeski

Thomas did not respond to our detailed questions.  Crow did.  The sale involved Thomas' childhood home, and Crow wrote:   “My intention is to one day create a public museum at the Thomas home dedicated to telling the story of our nation’s second black Supreme Court Justice.”

And here is what an expert said: “Thomas was hiding a financial relationship with Crow.”

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I am doing my best not to absolutely lose my shit, but how in the fuck do you publish a profile of the leader of Students for Life and not once mention that they want to make birth control illegal? theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Reminder that solitary confinement is torture. #StopSolitary #CloseRikers @CHWlawfirm nytimes.com/2023/04/19/nyr…

In other news dreamhampton will premiere “It Was All A Dream” Tribeca Film Fest this June ❤️‍🔥vimeo.com/951209846