Does anyone know of work by indigenous folks about homelessness/houselessness? Open to academic work, journalism, 1st person accounts - anything really! Thanks in advance!
The release of King County’s annual one-night homelessness count has always been a sobering affair in the newsroom, as the numbers goes up-up-up. Surprising to see it actually drop. But, as @KromanDavid reports, officials aren’t celebrating. https://t.co/Fq5bY5PA8X
“In courtrooms, jails, and benefits offices around the country, low-income people are told to wait. For hours. ... There is simply no regard for their time.” - @SarahLustbader
Privatized firefighting is booming as California's wildfires are getting worse. But unlike government firefighting, which is for the many, their firefighting is for the few: "Their job is to protect specific homes under contract with insurance companies." https://t.co/2L5ivQlZV3
The operator of one of the largest private prison systems in the United States is facing a class action lawsuit from formerly detained immigrants who say they were paid as little as $1 per day as part of "volunteer" work programs: https://t.co/iy6oCFHCoO
“Many reformers rightly point out that an ankle bracelet is preferable to a prison cell. Yet I find it difficult to call this progress. As I see it, digital prisons are to mass incarceration what Jim Crow was to slavery.“ - Michelle Alexander https://t.co/F5KNnhOx8V
"A local judicial race in Houston, Texas brings even more great news: All 19 black women who ran for various judicial seats in Harris County won their races last night, marking the single biggest victory for black women in the county's history." https://t.co/6ahET3oE0t