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Happy early spring to all! Here are links to news, media etc. from the past month. If there are other key updates that you’ve been reading about, please share in the comments. Top reads: The Meaning of African-American studies, in the New Yorker; Wesley Lowery on the unfinished…
When talking about crime and alternatives to incarceration, we often end up talking about particular instances of crime and what to do with that particular person. This framing causes us to miss systemic effects and solutions. Instead of talking about what we do with this
A lot of public commentary about police reform is preoccupied with the political popularity of ‘defund’ and whether it has hurt Democrats. However, while the mass movement of the summer of 2020 may seem like it’s in the rear view mirror, the tensions that drove 25 million people…
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A little over a week ago, many city governments braced themselves for protests following the release of the video showing multiple police officers fatally beating Tyre Nichols in Memphis. They knew it was that bad, and it was. The officers were swiftly

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Hi all! Here’s what I’ve been reading and checking out for the past three weeks since my last update. Please share other interesting updates in the…
Top reads: a guaranteed income for formerly incarcerated people in Florida allowed people to spend time caring for their families; the story of…
In one of the most beautiful parts of the country, thick with redwoods, fresh air, and ocean, the state of California built its only “supermax” prison…
I’ve been reflecting lately on what are the most important things for people to know about the system of mass incarceration in order to engage…
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Lately I’ve been thinking about Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, which argued that science advances not in some smooth…
Hello and welcome to the end of 2022! There have been a lot of ups and downs this year. I’m grateful for my supportive family, my strong and excellent…
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Throughout the year in my posts, I’ve noted many articles about solutions being tried around the country to reduce the present and historical harms of…
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Top reads: Dwayne Betts oped, “The Search for Beauty in a Prison Cell”; Larry Krasner and the limits of law and order politics; Dorothy Roberts on the…
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