Thank you SOMA Justice for bringing flowers to our Columbia High School teachers, staff, and administrators this morning and demonstrating your support for them!

Imagine if New Jersey invested $445,504 toward reducing each youth’s risk factors instead of toward their #incarceration.

“I can’t tell you how relieved I was”   Read this story from a NJ single father about how the #ChildTaxCredit is already lifting a weight off his shoulders.  vox.com/first-person/2…

Emmett Till would’ve turned 80 years old today. He could’ve turned 80 years old today. He should’ve had the chance to turn 80 years old today. The racism and white supremacy that killed him still lives on in America.

27 July 1919. The Chicago Race Riot began after the murder of Eugene Williams, a 17 year old black American, who had inadvertently drifted into a white swimming area at an informally segregated beach. The riots led to 38 deaths and 537 injuries over a five-day period.

Last month Connecticut became the first state in the country to make prison phone calls free. It’s a huge victory for the incarcerated and their families and will transform the lives of children with incarcerated parents. Every single state should do this. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Worker cooperatives are creating direct democracy on the job. inthesetimes.com/article/worker… via 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩 Maximillian Alvarez

Republicans can cover their ears and shout "amnesty" all they want, that doesn't make it true. Amnesty is getting something for nothing. We're talking about letting undocumented immigrants earn the ability to make themselves right with the law. They deserve that opportunity.

Every eviction is a policy failure. Pass it on.

We asked incarcerated people what might have prevented them from committing the crimes that landed them behind bars. Respondents said that affordable housing, a living wage, and mental health care would have made the most impact. trib.al/zClnP99

Between 1950 and 2000, 97% of the novels published by Random House were written by white people, 90% of the novels reviewed in major periodicals were by white people, and 91% of major book prizes were awarded to white authors. bit.ly/2QXht0x

“Prison is not a building “over there” but a set of relationships that undermine rather than stabilize everyday lives everywhere” - Ruth Wilson Gilmore

As a surgeon who does both elective and emergency surgery, what’s happening again and now in hospitals across America is an atrocity. 🧵

A stronger & fairer New Jersey begins with our young people. It's essential that we invest in them. The juvenile justice bill I signed today will help create a safe, caring environment for our youth to help address their physical & mental challenges. 📰 bit.ly/3AyYQkD

Anyways shout out to Joe Neguse and Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi as we continue plugging away at the Ban Conflicted Trading Act 📈💰

AUGUST 21! Join Mariame Kaba, Project NIA, #SurvivedAndPunished, and dozens of abolitionist organizers for a zine fair and workshops. peoplesforum.org/event/prison-i…

This one chart is the single most powerful thing to show people in your life.

Our work is to save lives. Whether it’s Afghanistan, Haiti, Lebanon, or communities facing extreme hardship worldwide—one thing we could do to save lives RIGHT NOW is become a country that welcomes more refugees with open arms. Refugees must be welcome here.

Texas Republicans have voted to remove Susan B. Anthony, Cesar Chavez, and Martin Luther King Jr.'s “I Have a Dream”speech and “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” from Texas social studies curriculum. bit.ly/3zfSZ34

“It is easier for people to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism”