Xinachtli has served 30 years of a 50-year sentence for disarming a cop. Twenty-three of those years have been in solitary confinement.| Scalawag
"We cannot defend trans youth without confronting the carceral, racialized, and reproductive logics that underpin this moment, nor can we treat gender-affirming care as separate from the broader struggle for bodily autonomy, housing, healthcare, and family dignity." Read more via Scalawag: Freak Generations: The Moral Panic Playbook from Crack Babies to Trans Kids.| Scalawag
The courage of those who came before us was a powerful reminder of the continuing struggle for equality. Read more via Scalawag: The Impact of Black Physicians in Mississippi's Civil Rights Movement.| Scalawag
“We are in the belly of the beast, the head of the empire—and the world is waiting on us. Our silence is complicity, our failure to act is complicity.” Read more via Scalawag: A Look into Houston's "Safeguard the Flame" for Political Prisoners.| Scalawag