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"We Are Striking a Blow at the State:" The Alabama Prisoners Work Strike
In order to continue to exploit Black prisoner labor and profit from it, Thomas E. Kilby, the governor of Alabama, ordered the construction of the Kilby prison and even named it after himself.
Deadly adulterants have proliferated as drug-war policing escalates in Baltimore
The fact that law enforcement has essentially been given carte blanche to continue its assault on drug users in the name of public safety is not only nonsensical but incredibly dangerous.
Let Us Explain: Sportswashing
Sportswashing: the use of an athletic event by an individual or a government, a corporation, or another group to promote or burnish the individual's or group's reputation, especially amid controversy or scandal.
To Whom This May Concern: Jill Scott's Sonic Geography of Black Life
Everywhere we have ever made music, which is to say everywhere we have ever hoped to survive, lives inside this record.
How Prisons Turn Traumatized Women Into Unpaid Crisis Workers
Lynne does this work without compensation. She receives no sentence reduction, no credits toward parole consideration. The prison extracts her labor and her psychological well-being while offering nothing in return except the brittle satisfaction of knowing she may have kept someone alive for one more shift.
Wonder Man is autistic-coded and I love that for me
Throughout the season, the emotional beats of this struggle and significant insights into his character are marked by traits, experiences, and behaviors that reflect the realities of autistic masking and the psychological toll it takes.