#Policing

Robyn Hammontree

Hammontreers

Here’s a thread of books I’ve read over the last few years that have helped me understand my role as a white person in both perpetrating and dismantling racism. I’m

Fidato

tequieremos

Today marks the 20th anniversary of Second Intifada during which 4,973 Palestinians were killed including 1,262 children and 274 women. Israel helds Yasir Arafat responsible for destroying the peace process

Queer of Swords

sextoyspolitics

You've probably heard of bi lesbians and pan lesbians by now; hi, I'm a queer lesbian I also sometimes describe myself as gay, or just queer, or bi+ (a

Laura Jedeed, Non-Fungible

LauraJedeed

Last night, about 200 people went to the Multnomah County Sherrif's Office to protestAside from one water bottle and a toy smoke bomb thrown at the cops early in the

Chad Williams

Dr_ChadWilliams

Some thoughts on #Juneteenth . The actual order issued by Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger on June 19, 1865 is a powerful teaching document. It captures the conflicting definitions of freedom

Nome

NomeDaBarbarian

"Is a virus alive?""Is Pluto a planet?""Is Louisiana Creole a language?"Y'allI don't think you understand exactly how many conversations in Academia are just "Is a hotdog a sandwich" for peopl

Audrey McGlinchy

AKMcGlinchy

Hey there! So, yesterday the Austin City Council made some cuts to the @Austin_Police budget. We can all agree on that. But once you get into the numbers, things can

M. Gouldhawke ∞

M_Gouldhawke

OPP are trying to paint themselves as helpless victims, but never forget the real history.https://mgouldhawke.wordpress.com/2019/12/20/police-murders-inquiries-state-hand-wringing-over-killings-of-indigenous-people-by-cops/ The OPP raided S

Jeff Samsonow

jeffsamsonow

Edmonton City Council is back and digging into the giant motion before them, on community safety and police budgets. You can follow along live on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVCAaC7lazc #yegcc #blmyeg This

Victoria Tenant Action Group

TAGVictoriaBC

As calls go out locally and across Canada to open up hotels and other buildings so that homeless people can self-isolate, we want to draw attention to the lessons learned

CPR #NYCBudgetJustice - Change the NYPD

changethenypd

.@RCornegyJr votes YES to NYC FY21 Budget. #NYCBudgetJustice #DefundNYPD Opposing any cuts to NYPD budget @ChaimDeutsch votes NO on NYC FY21 budget. #NYCBudgetJustice #DefundNYPD Opposing any cuts to NYPD, @revrubendiaz

Wyatt Cenac

wyattcenac

Enough people agreed with the idea, so @HBO made the first season of @ProblemAreasHBO (which looks at policing in America) available on @YouTube for free... for a month.(And maybe only

man residue

nanayasleeps

Gonna say a few words about voting as an electorialism-critical person now, pls scream + mute for self-care if that sounds too horrendous/exhausting/disturbingly relatable. I am, broadly speaking, inclined towards

Umbrella Lane Scotland

ULScotland

During this #pandemic we feel that @scotgov could be doing more support sex workers and have put together this call to action with 4 main points that they should look

Umbereen S. Nehal, MD, MPH

usnehal

Both/and. The issues of manipulation of our reality is true. That said, I have seen some of the most educated and supposedly intelligent so-called skeptics engage in high school types

Mona Eltahawy

monaeltahawy

cw: vawMariam M, an #Egyptian woman in her early 30s, was killed in #Cairo after men who had been sexually harassing her from inside their car as she was leaving