Maxwell 🇺🇸

(he/him/his); antiracist and learning; American; “Whiteness is not skin color. Whiteness is a system of oppression.” - Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika

[Maxwell 🇺🇸 @TheMaxWithin]

@TheStalwart There is no scenario in which this one person earned that wealth. This is one of the many ways capitalism steals the wealth of the many for the very few.

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

Your daily reminder:

Jail & prison does not deter crime.
Jail & prison is criminogenic.
Jail & prison increases recidivism.
Jail & prison is violent.
Jail & prison creates violence.
Jail & prison decreases public safety.

Invest in community health to prevent harm.

[Michael Harriot @michaelharriot]

I'll take this one.

The idea that affirmative action or diversity, equity & inclusion policies equal lower standards is something that a lot of people believe.

Instead of citing what "I believe" like Elon did, let's use facts & a something I like to called "math"

A thread.

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

DEI is not the reason why you presume Black people aren’t qualified. Racism is the reason. And a need to believe a Black person could not possibly do better than you. I know it and you know it, too.

[James Talarico @jamestalarico]

These pictures were taken at Cornerstone Christian School, where tuition is $27,000.

Abbott’s voucher is only $8,000 — not enough for working families to get a “choice” but enough for rich families at Cornerstone to get a 30% discount.

Vouchers are welfare for the wealthy.

[Jolie McCullough @jsmccullou]

I have a lot of thoughts about leadership failures that led us here. But I’ll just say I feel for my colleagues who were also laid off, and for the ones left to pick up the pieces.

And if you’re looking for this kind of work, please reach out. I suddenly have a lot of free time.

[Jolie McCullough @jsmccullou]

Yesterday, I was laid off by @TexasTribune after nearly 9 years.

New leadership got rid of its longest-tenured reporters and said they’ll no longer cover the criminal justice beat.

No one on police, prisons, courts, the death penalty. In Texas.

Here’s some of what we’ll lose:

[Pramila Jayapal @PramilaJayapal]

While so many Americans struggle to make ends meet, the 500 richest people in the world pocketed a staggering $14,000,000 every single day.

Tax. The. Rich.

[Public Citizen @Public_Citizen]

Big Pharma CEO Pay:

Bristol Meyers Squibb: $20,000,000

Merck: $18,600,000

J&J: $13,100,000

These companies are suing the government to stop Medicare from lowering drug prices.

Spread their shame.

[b-boy bouiebaisse @jbouie]

once again the problem is that police are completely outside of democratic control and police culture is openly contemptuous of rule of law

[Jimmi Simpson @jimmisimpson]

Once, there was a despotic rich boy who saw how peasants loved the darling carousel in the park. So he bought it & had it moved to his front yard hoping they would love him too. When they didn’t, he started punishing them by bashing the mahogany horses each day with his hammer…

[U.S. Senator John Fetterman @SenFettermanPA]

On the last day of Pride Month, an extremist and unelected SCOTUS uses a made-up case to hand out a “constitutional" right to discriminate against LGBTQ people.

What an embarrassment for our country.

[Scott Hechinger @ScottHech]

Anytime you hear a “rise in crime” or “spike in shootings,” remember: whatever they claim, it’s happening despite investing most on policing in the history of the world. A brutal indictment of the efficacy of policing. Yet police use their failures to ask for (& get) even more.

[Alec Karakatsanis @equalityAlec]

These assertions are not true. Most studies show **no effect for 50 years.** Now, some pro-police criminologists disagree (based on a few of their studies that don’t count police crimes and use proprietary data). But it’s controversial! Calling it “well established” is untrue.

[Justin Parmenter @JustinParmenter]

Liberty Christian School in Durham, NC got almost $1m in voucher funding this year.  

Liberty's primary educational objective is "to bring each student to a saving knowledge and relationship with Jesus Christ."  

They should not be getting taxpayer funding. 
#nced #ncga

[Joyce Alene @JoyceWhiteVance]

This has been bothering me (& apparently the rest of Twitter). Transformational leaders don't dog whistle like this. They learn from the past. But Haley doesn't want to be a leader, she just wants the status & power of the presidency, like too many other GOP candidates.

[IBEW @IBEW]

After months of negotiations, the IBEW’s Railroad members at four of the largest U.S. freight carriers finally have what they’ve long sought but that many working people take for granted: paid sick days.
https://t.co/dP5eLZC4E3

[Mark Pitcavage @egavactip]

I got this response today from an apparent Black Hebrew Israelite, and thought it would be useful for a little education. I'll mention two things. First, he claims that "Edom" refers to "Caucasians." The term "Edom" refers to a people in the area of the "Holy Land" in ancient

[Kareem Carr, Ph.D. @kareem_carr]

I'm very convinced that much of the existential risk of AI is caused by design preferences within the AI community.