She/Her. Author of #1 @NYTimes bestseller Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison 💖💜💙 IG: @PiperKerman
California, USA
Joined November 2006
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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?
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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
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"
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And here is what an expert said:
“Thomas was hiding a financial relationship with Crow.”
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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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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.
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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!
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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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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
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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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.
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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.
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…
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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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📣We are excited to announce our new Benefits Enrollment Field Guide–a snapshot of online benefits enrollment across America! Take a look at how states are making progress toward a human-centered #safetynet ! hubs.ly/Q01Kz0Jh0
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San Francisco! On Apr 13, @lisquart will be at @kqed @PRX Podcast Garage discussing our @TTBOOK podcast, Going For Broke, economic injustice in the Bay Area & her new book! (Hosted by @eaXLR and featuring Alissa, @shannonkleiber, @maiasz & @oneheart1city) eventbrite.com/e/podcast-gar…
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“One day, I received an email from a stranger about how the poor are responsible for their own poverty.”
The origins of BOOTSTRAPPED and the beautiful, ‘secular faith’ inherent in societal interdependence in @lisquart’s latest excerpt (via @guardian) theguardian.com/books/2023/a…
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Join us on 5/11, for an in-depth discussion with @just_shelter, @hmcghee, @lisquart, & @tressiemcphd on the staggering rise in inequality catapulting health care, housing, food, & education to unaffordable extremes.
Tickets: bit.ly/3nR4EoP
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Are you aware that when you call DMV in NY state you’re speaking with a woman at Bedford Hills Correctional? Slave labor must be abolished! Find out more on how to help others calling for the end of modern day slavery at @13thForwardNY ✊🏽
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CHICAGO!
Next week (4/12) I'll be your city to discuss Poverty, by America at TWO events
The 1st is with the brilliant sociologist & #MacFellow @reubenjmiller, author of Halfway Home
@FamilyActionNet
@CrownPublishing
@UChicagoCrown
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1/2
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A mother faces 'A Thousand and One' obstacles in this unconventional NYC film post her return from Rikers Island npr.org/2023/03/29/116670062…