Zohran Mamdani spoke at a Rikers Island graduation ceremony honoring 57 incarcerated people who earned their high school diplomas.
One graduate, Elijah Smith, said he didn’t expect the mayor to show up, but his presence meant something: “It helped. Someone cares about the incarcerated individuals in this jail.”
Sometimes dignity starts with simply showing up.
I’ve always felt we really do minimise how magical it is to be able to create life. Women should be treated wayyyyyy more important than we are currently.
para mí este momento marcó lo que era game of thrones, hasta el último segundo yo esperaba que alguien mágicamente salve a ned porque "es el protagonista y obviamente no va a morir", realmente acá vidas fueron cambiadas (la mía)
black people, please PLEASE teach your babies it’s better to be alone than to have friends like these
they literally left this boy to drown as they taunted him and made MONKEY noises
thankfully this family saved him but this could’ve ended so much worse