Here's my essay, "How to Reduce Shootings," first published in 2017 and, tragically, still applicable today. We won't reduce killings to zero, but we have the means to reduce shootings by many thousands a year -- if only we can summon the political will. https://t.co/avVvSu95nH
At Payton Gendron's high school, kids were asked for their plans post-graduation.
He said his was to commit a murder-suicide.
This prompted a mental-health exam but not an attempt to bar him from owning a gun.
https://t.co/rrog3jly3q by @AshleyAtTimes & @chelsiamarcius & me
We used to lock the most severely mentally ill people away in asylums that were often brutal.
We rarely do that anymore. But we don’t take care of them either.
The system is set up now so that the buck stops nowhere. The sickest New Yorkers get treated like hot potatoes.
Keep hearing of train burglaries in LA on the scanner so went to #LincolnHeights to see it all. And… there’s looted packages as far as the eye can see. Amazon packages, @UPS boxes, unused Covid tests, fishing lures, epi pens. Cargo containers left busted open on trains. @CBSLA
@sosofancy@EmilyStewartM@voxdotcom really appreciated this episode. Q: if big group of 2ndry shareholders jettison stock of public co, wldn’t that bring share price down & impact holdings of senior managers & board members of that company? Idea being that stock price incentivizes those on inside to correct course.
We’re heading into the woods with @blackforager, in search of wild ingredients and a connection to the world around us. Want to come along? Join us for Black in Bloom, the latest free virtual event from our series Black History, Continued. R.S.V.P. at https://t.co/lVSukCQ0DK
Really lovely use of technology and archives to create this bit of storytelling. It’s a shame this history isn’t taught in schools, we need to soak up these people’s stories, make sure this kind of erasure never happens again. https://t.co/5YzgA78g6P