In a week, the paperback of "Breathing Fire" comes out. These are the stories of women who risked their lives to fight fires while imprisoned, then were largely forgotten upon release. https://t.co/yKBCX6oZfc
My 13-year-old friend, Levi, made a podcast about AI for his 7th grade class project. He interviewed me for it!!!!! More honored than I've ever been, HE'S A TRUE SUPERSTAR: https://t.co/ETudjek7lV
Our very own @MilaKoumpilova is a finalist for best education beat reporter for @EdWriters national reporting awards!
Her stunning + deeply reported project on young people who are out of school + work is also nominated. Read it here: https://t.co/eowO7oAMhr
Today, I got the first copies of advanced readers for my first book, "The Man No One Believed: The Untold Story of the Georgia Church Murders." It is surreal--March 11 marks 40 years since the murders of Harold and Thelma Swain inside Rising Daughter Baptist Church.
This was a great reminder of fellow Angelino and great writer and old pal @kicklikeagirl1 and her deep work on incarcerated firefighters in California:
https://t.co/sJv94RSWMN
"A falling boulder fatally struck Jones in the head. Her mom received no compensation from the state because it didn’t consider Jones a firefighter." @kicklikeagirl1 on California's incarcerated firefighters and civilian fire infrastructure. https://t.co/G7CP1B5vck
Those risking their life on the front lines of California’s wildfires deserve much more than a fraction of minimum wage, @kicklikeagirl1 wrote in 2021: https://t.co/9RkjpEGG46
As we watch once-in-a-generation wildfires now at least yearly in CA, a significant & often overlooked source of manpower against these destructive wildfires is the prison population & formerly incarcerated people.
#PalisadesFire#EatonFire#HurstFire
https://t.co/2T5FJogSE7
@HeatherHardyBox talking about some devastating realities she wakes up with everyday, in the name boxing best, in the name of her daughter, in the name of no other choice but fight to live and live to fight @hamiltonnolan https://t.co/HEFy0uzRUc
It was only two years ago when I wrote about how stealth billionaires influence politics……things change quick ….. it’s far from stealth now. https://t.co/dXJAVg8qcS
The Washington Post's editorial writers had already drafted an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris for president, before the decision was made for the Post not to endorse this year -- via @BenMullin & me https://t.co/OPzGa1SmEI
The Manatee County Central Jail is in a mandatory evacuation zone, but a Sheriff's Office spokesperson told me in an email that they are not evacuating detainees. People who "require medical care or have physical disabilities are being relocated to the secure second level."