since this will come up a lot in media coverage of Tyre Nichols in Memphis: while I get that it seems narratively significant that the officers are black. Statistically, it is unsurprising. In tracking police violence, we never found that race of the officer made much difference
Protests are sweeping Iran & women are burning their hijabs after the death last week of Mahsa Amini, following her arrest by the “morality police”. Human rights groups say at least 8 have been killed. Last night, I planned to ask President Raisi about all this and much more. 1/7
This happened at a #FourthofJuly parade. The crowd was still cheering as the high school marching band started running for their lives….there is nothing to celebrate today. #HighlandPark#ThisIsAmerica
JUST IN: At least five people are dead following an "active shooter incident," according to a statement from the city of Highland Park, Ill. At least 16 people were taken to the hospital. https://t.co/gICLfHxJWz
I wanted my baby. My husband and I have tried for years. I got pregnant in august 2021 and then miscarried. My body doesn’t naturally expel so I needed a D&C. I was denied one because my doctor was worried about the laws here in Texas. I waited for 2 WEEKS carrying my loss while
Today marks the end of what is surely one of the worst terms in #SCOTUS history. Guns and prayer and abortion got most of the attention. But that's not all the Court did. Here are just some of the Court's bad decisions:
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I can't stop thinking about the LAPD officer that was killed during training at the academy in May. Can't stop thinking about it because the violence that resulted in his paralysis below the neck and eventual death was intended for civilian targets but killed him accidentally.
Pro-lifers don't like complexity. At 17 weeks my placenta detached and he was much too small. I thought I felt my baby's frantic attempts to breathe. My OBGYN advised me to terminate the pregnancy, there wasn't much time. But I couldn't.
Im genuinely disturbed by how many people are saying the #DeppVsHeard case is the end of the #MeToo movement. THIS is why we need to be having more nuanced+critical discussions about social justice issues or we’re going to keep reducing them to sports. @TaranaBurke said it best:
It has been one week since the massacre at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas.
In response, a dark-money group from Missouri launched a "Woke Heat Map" so that fascists can "fight back" against a "woke agenda."
Twelve locations are tagged.
All of them are schools.
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