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To address the Alabama prison crisis, put an end to over-incarceration in the state
“Alabama’s drive to lock up more of its own year after year has resulted in an unconscionable prison system that is bursting at the seams,” writes civil rights attorney John Fowler.
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Know Your Rights When ICE Comes to Your Door
They will come to the door in broad daylight.
Because they can.
When the sun is high and shining, and Chicago summer feels like it will never end
They will wait in the street.
They will knock.
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Chicago mayor’s ‘pandemic budget’ passes, but with the most opposition in 30 years
After a historic budget season, 21 City Council members voted against the mayor’s proposed budget last week. City Bureau spoke with organizers and members of City Council about their plans moving forward.
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History as a Poem Shaking my Hand
I sit on my balcony pretending I’m a parcel.
Here’s a postman as a boy cataloguing letters handling fires.
Sometimes we surprise ourselves.
Sometimes we make for ourselves.
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I Wish to Live Alive, Not Just Survive
i used to wish that i was white
i wished to scrape the melanin off my skin
the hate the world wielded against my people
forged its way within
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My Tongue Fell Out and I Started to Lie
They taught me how to wade, but they never taught me how to swim. I drowned on my way to shore. My ocean of lies swallowed me whole.
