Rebecca Kavanagh @drrjkavanagh.bsky.social
@DrRJKavanagh
Public Defender and Writer. Sydney ✈️ NYC ➡️ DC/Baltimore. she/her. Views my own. “I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.” James Baldwin
I’m so honored to be among the remarkable 2024 MacArthur Foundation Fellows and grateful for the spotlight I hope this award will shine on Black women’s visions & struggles for reproductive & family justice. #MacFellow 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
Meet Dorothy Roberts (@dorothyeroberts), a legal scholar, public policy researcher, and 2024 #MacFellow exposing the racial inequities embedded within health and social service systems. Learn more about Dorothy ⬇️ macfound.org/fellows/class-…
The connection between Mayor Eric Adams and the New York 'Post' was, at points, beyond symbiotic. In a way, Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid made Eric Adams mayor. trib.al/Nzwyaj2
The state of Missouri has executed Marcellus Williams
Missouri executes Marcellus Williams despite prosecutors’ push to overturn conviction theguardian.com/us-news/2024/s…
Herman Lindsey, himself an exonerated death row survivor and Executive Director of Witness to Innocence, says of this case - "This is example of how the death penalty becomes not about truth or justice, but about a small group of people wielding their power."
We wish we had better news. But as of now, #MarcellusWilliams is still scheduled to be executed by Missouri tonight at 6 p.m. central for a crime he is totally innocent of. Don’t stop sharing his story. It’s not too late to save an innocent life. innocenceproject.org/petitions/stop…
Haitian mothers aren’t giving their children mud cookies as a delicacy it’s to stave off hunger. And half the reason Haiti is in this mess is because the US forced Haiti to accept neoliberal trade policy’s that killed off Haiti’s farming sector.
Haitians eat dirt cookies called bonbon tè. Women buy sacks of dirt, often on credit, and mix them with a bit of fat and salt.
Inexcusable. I remember when I went to talk to a college class in a prison in Indiana an the flag hung in the office processing visitors, by the metal detectors. It is a message to Black people: You Are On Notice.
So went to take care of an administrative matter at Chicago Public Safety, and the thin blue line flag is hanging over where you pay for parking tickets or get a visa clearance letter.! This isn’t the US, Illinois or Chi flag: this is a reactionary partisan flag—in a “blue” city!
So went to take care of an administrative matter at Chicago Public Safety, and the thin blue line flag is hanging over where you pay for parking tickets or get a visa clearance letter.! This isn’t the US, Illinois or Chi flag: this is a reactionary partisan flag—in a “blue” city!
I have yet to see an argument in favor of the Electoral College that doesn’t eventually boil down to “the founders wanted slaveholders/racists to have more voting power” OR “the founders wanted to be able to overturn the will of the people in a democratic election.” And that’s…
If you watch the subway video (not just stills) you will see Mr. Mickles is holding the knife in a self-defense posture. Police were following him tasers and guns drawn. The entire time he is trying to get away.
even though he never threatened anyone with it nor lunged at anyone with it... simply possessing a pocket knife is not a weapon... reminds me of john t Williams native elder murdered by Seattle police, he had a small pocket knife, police executed him