@Piper

She/Her. Author of #1 @NYTimes bestseller Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison đź’–đź’śđź’™ IG: @PiperKerman

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#Thread Millions of you have watched the final season of @OITNB and I hope you can’t stop thinking about the characters and their stories. The last 10 years since my memoir was published have been crazy and instructive, and I want to offer a few reflections. #FreeHer #OITNB
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In other news @dreamhampton will premiere “It Was All A Dream” @tribecafilmfest this June ❤️‍🔥vimeo.com/951209846

It Was All A Dream - Trailer (Explicit)

A visual memoir from director dream hampton's personal archives about the dawn of the golden era of hip hop.

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I am doing my best not to absolutely lose my shit, but how in the fuck do you publish a profile of the leader of Students for Life and not once mention that they want to make birth control illegal? theatlantic.com/politics/arc…

The New Pro-life Movement Has a Plan to End Abortion

And it doesn’t care if American voters don’t agree with it.

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Reminder that solitary confinement is torture. #StopSolitary #CloseRikers @CHWlawfirm nytimes.com/2023/04/19/nyreg…

New York Awards Up to $53 Million to Detainees Wrongly Held in Solitary (Published 2023)

The settlement in federal court with people who were held in solitary while they awaited trials is one of the largest involving the city’s Correction Department and its troubled lockups, including...

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Joo-Hyun@JooHyun_Kang13 Apr 2023
As a long-time queer I wanna remind folks that safety of trans/queer folks is abt more than "state-sponsored discrimination". It's also state violence like NYPD murder of Kawaski Trawick, a Black gay man cooking at home when he was killed. Eric Adams should #FireThompsonAndDavis
Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani
@NYCMayor13 Apr 2023
I have a message for our #LGBTQ+ community and to families anywhere living in fear of state-sponsored discrimination:
 We welcome you to New York City where you can be safe and feel safe to love and be who you are.
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"Missouri House Republicans voted to defund all of the state’s public libraries, in a proposed $45.6 billion state budget that will soon move to a vote in the GOP-controlled state Senate" heartlandsignal.com/2023/04/…

Missouri House Republicans vote to defund libraries

Missouri House Republicans voted to defund all of the state’s public libraries, in a proposed $45.6 billion state budget that will soon move to a vote in the GOP-controlled state Senate.

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Eric Umansky@ericuman13 Apr 2023
And here is what an expert said: “Thomas was hiding a financial relationship with Crow.”
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Eric Umansky@ericuman13 Apr 2023
Thomas did not respond to our detailed questions.  Crow did.  The sale involved Thomas' childhood home, and Crow wrote:   “My intention is to one day create a public museum at the Thomas home dedicated to telling the story of our nation’s second black Supreme Court Justice.”
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Eric Umansky@ericuman13 Apr 2023
NEW: Harlan Crow paid Thomas for property. The law explicitly requires disclosure of property sales. Thomas didn't disclose anything. Here's Thomas' signature on the undisclosed deal. propublica.org/article/clare… By @JustinElliott @js_kaplan & @Amierjeski
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Not a question we should need to ask. Yet here we are. My guess is that SCOTUS will decline to hear this case. Note that Dunn's innocence isn't in doubt. The question is whether the Constitution permits Missouri to keep him in prison anyway. slate.com/news-and-politics/…

Is Punishing Innocent People Unconstitutional?

The possible Supreme Court case of a man imprisoned for a murder he didn’t commit deserves to be heard.

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#BayArea! Excited for this event @KQED w/ @lisquart @maiasz @shannonkleiber @oneheart1city @TTBOOK @eaXLR this Thursday!
Economic Hardship Reporting Project@econhardship9 Apr 2023
San Francisco! On 4/13, come to @prx Podcast Garage at @kqed for a conversation about reporting stories with care, moderated by @eaXLR and featuring the team behind our audio series Going for Broke: @TTBOOK @lisquart @maiasz @oneheart1city @shannonkleiber: eventbrite.com/e/podcast-gar…
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“The art of dependence means accepting aid with magnanimousness, and crucially, recognizing the importance of others. It takes dignity to lean on friends, loved ones, colleagues, and even on the state.” Listen to @lisquart on @NextBigIdeaClub! nextbigideaclub.com/magazine…

Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream

Author Alissa Quart shares 5 key insights from her new book, Bootstrapped: Liberating Ourselves from the American Dream.

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Ernesto Aguilar@eaXLR7 Apr 2023
I'm moderating a session for @KQED's #PodcastGarage 4/13 with the @TTBOOK team about the Going for Broke series. Attend in person by registering here: eventbrite.com/e/podcast-gar… #journalism #BayArea #pubmedia
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Alissa Quart@lisquart7 Apr 2023
Hi! Please come to this @econhardship event for our show with @TTBOOK Bay Area friends-- there will also be copies of my new book Bootstrapped on hand, I will sign, discuss & chat! @Piper @KALW @roseaguilar @monica_campbell @ronpurser @irvine_awards @EmCollective @amyjlow
Ernesto Aguilar@eaXLR7 Apr 2023
I'm moderating a session for @KQED's #PodcastGarage 4/13 with the @TTBOOK team about the Going for Broke series. Attend in person by registering here: eventbrite.com/e/podcast-gar… #journalism #BayArea #pubmedia
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Jessica Pishko@JessPish8 Apr 2023
Much like the sheriffs who "don't enforce laws" -- this is not a "separation of powers" problem. This is about ensuring racist hierarchies. It also reflects the problem of tweaking a system that tbqh required major reform.
Walter Katz@w_katz18 Apr 2023
I’ve been talking for a while now about preemption efforts by legislators that target democratically elected prosecutors, mayors and cities. They are often Black officials minority-majority cities and the efforts are meant to shame and diminish.
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Walter Katz@w_katz18 Apr 2023
I’ve been talking for a while now about preemption efforts by legislators that target democratically elected prosecutors, mayors and cities. They are often Black officials minority-majority cities and the efforts are meant to shame and diminish.
No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen
@NoLieWithBTC7 Apr 2023
Breaking News: A Shelby County commissioner says the Republican state government is now threatening to pull funding for Memphis schools and infrastructure projects if they vote to re-appoint Rep. Justin Pearson to his democratically-elected seat. fox13memphis.com/news/memphi…

Memphians talk Pearson ousting: Pearson confirms re-election plans

A Shelby County commissioner told FOX13 on Friday that Nashville leaders are threatening to take away funding from Memphis and other Shelby County projects if the county commission decides to...

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Dyjuan Tatro@DyjuanTatro8 Apr 2023
This is how cops in Uvalde, who stood around while 19 kids were killed, treats one of the victim’s mother. They’ve done more to brutalize parents than to stop an active shooter. They’ll attack a mother with a sign but hide from killer with an AR-15.
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