The execution of Marcellus Williams is a horrible injustice. This didn’t have to happen. Just a couple weeks ago, prosecutors—with the support of the victim’s family—had reached a plea agreement with Marcellus that took death off the table.
the real victims of right wing backlash to academia aren't the people at Yale who get off on saying the most inflammatory thing possible but the guy making $65k to teach first gen students about redlining at a state school who loses his job when state legislature bans sociology
Flashback - summer, 1985. A few weeks before I head off to Morehouse.
Parents come into my room.
Mom: Your father and I got you a graduation present. **It’s in the garage.**
Me: OHMYGOD!
Runs to the garage, opens the door to find this: