@catchatweetdown I’ve learned so much from you over the years (Uncivil, Scene on Radio, your interview w/ Ruth Wilson Gilmore, etc). Loved the first episode of Empire City and I already told at least 10 ppl about it 🤣Thank you!
For all those interested in calling on lawmakers to stand behind the most successful criminal legal policy in history and reject NY Gov. Hochul's call for fear, call your legislator here: https://t.co/94ATI91Z8k
BREAKING: We banded with 75+ organizations from across the country to call on @NYCSpeakerAdams + @NYCCouncil to end @NYCMayor's approach to the budget which shrinks critical services while maintaining the NYPD's oversized budget: https://t.co/Mw9Fdq6iDP
Today, we sent a memo to the @NYCCouncil criticizing @NYCMayor’s proposed budget cuts. Not only does his plan defund critical community resources, it also maintains the NYPD’s huge budget.
We’ll list some of those cuts on this thread…
(Link to memo: https://t.co/kJvQhpAOky)
It’s really mind-blowing seeing the @nytimes—one of the chief purveyors of false/misleading “doomsday headlines” about crime in NY & around country—now reporting on the electoral impact of their own harmful journalism practices. And yet mentioning only other papers & “media.”
To embarrass Northern liberals and humiliate Black people, southern White Citizens Councils started their so-called "Reverse Freedom Rides," giving Black people one-way tickets to northern cities with false promises of jobs, housing, and better lives.
https://t.co/xLpTjxG0PD
tons of people across the state and across the country have been asking how they can help with the Jackson water crisis.. #jxnwatercrisis
here’s what i’ve compiled and will add to this week: 🧵