RELEASE: Today, @nyccomptroller.bsky.social sent a letter to @governor.ny.gov calling on her to immediately sign the Corrections Oversight bill into law.

With Rikers in crisis & the death toll soaring, the letter calls for the SCOC to be overhauled! #ShutRikers
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Visions of Eight | Creative Nonfiction by Michael McQuillan in the August 10, 2025 issue of The Write Launch Questioning Prayers among hilltop oak and elm seek clarity from God. Do answers lie within my silent soul? Eyes spill tears at headlines from Gaza, Ukraine and Iran. Ideals no longer shine in leaders ...

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Eight eight-line portions address society’s self-induced historical amnesia with applicable insights.

"Clouds" | Issue 97, July 2025 by Michael McQuillan in the July 6, 2025 issue of The Write Launch As this afternoon the cotton candy clouds share space with azure sky, I surmise that God above does not abide the lie that Hamas’ savage strike justifies the Israeli government’s genocide. Widows, orp...

A Gaza widow’s poignant words in a BBC report compelled this reflection. May it be your conscience call.

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The Elders’ Mary Robinson of Ireland with New Zealand’s Helen Clark in recent days bore witness to the catastrophic truth of the Israeli government’s genocide in Gaza. May a chorus join their call for concerted action on this reality to transcend the complicit apathy of current “leaders.”