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YouTube video by Incarcerated Nation Network INC Media African American Day Parade : Black Panther Float

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Building our Black Panther Youth Development Center

YouTube video by Incarcerated Nation Network INC Media Gunpoint Encounter My Atlantic Avenue Police Story

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Donate to Help Build a Safe Space for Justice-Impacted Youth, organized by Five Mualimm-ak Help me develop this Youth resource center for justice-im… Five Mualimm-ak needs your support for Help Build a Safe Space for Justice-Impacted Youth

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Please Help us as we’re building a young adult community center in the bronx that will house our people’s free food program ! As a Black Panther CUB this is legacy work for me

Bill Clinton Endorses Andrew Cuomo for New York City Mayor

Bill Clinton Endorses Andrew Cuomo for New York City Mayor www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/n...

#RankTheSlate GOTV Rally · New York Working Families Party We’re almost at Election Day! Historic numbers of New Yorkers have turned out to vote in New York City during Early Voting. Hundreds of volunteers are knocking on doors, showing up at poll sites and m...

I'm attending New York Working Families Party's event, “#RankTheSlate GOTV Rally” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/ny-wfp/event...

#FREE AT - NO MORE BARS! Support the exoneration of a wrongfully convicted man who has spent the last 40 years under restrictions, limited access, and barriers. 

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Take the Quiz: Meet Your Mayor 2025 Candidates for NYC mayor told us where they stand on issues. Which is the top match for you? Find out before heading to the polls.

Check out the Meet Your Mayor quiz from @thecity.nyc and @gothamist.com! projects.thecity.nyc/meet-your-ma...

A lot of Americans share my views and we definitely need your voice in there

Tulsa announces reparations for the 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre It took decades of research by historians and journalists — and reports by state and federal commissions — to uncover the violence that claimed more than 300 Black lives.

The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.

Inside Cuomo’s State-Funded Legal War Against the Women Who Accused Him of Sexual Harassment A review by THE CITY of thousands of pages of court documents paints the most complete picture of how intensely he is battling the women who stepped forward.

Inside Cuomo’s State-Funded Legal War Against the Women Who Accused Him of Sexual Harassment www.thecity.nyc/2025/06/02/c...

NYC Council and Public Advocate File Joint Lawsuit in State Court to Invalidate Mayor’s Emergency Orders Declaring Passage of Law a State of Emergency to Suspend Ban on Solitary Confinement Press Release, December 9th, 2024

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Raymond Santana Jr.: From wrongfully accused to City Council hopeful Raymond Santana Jr. of the Exonerated Five, 50, announced he is running in City Council’s District 8 race last week.

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Commentary: The prison system killed my son. Sentencing reform could save yours. The Second Look Act, Earned Time Act and Marvin Mayfield Act are a chance to change New York's toxic, unjust prison culture.

Commentary: The prison system killed my son. Sentencing reform could save yours. www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

What Are the Ethics of Strapping VR Headsets on Inmates in Solitary Confinement? Stuck in cramped cells for days and weeks at a time, incarcerated people are being whisked away to beautiful worlds through the magic of VR.

Solitary confinement breaks international law. The humanitarian crisis spans detention centers across the US.

Instead of eradicating the archaic practice, prison profiteers have found a new financial opportunity:

Post-modern dystopian solitary confinement — using virtual reality.

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The powerpuff girls agree, the Mayor is the problem !

Advocacy Group Slams New York’s Illegal ‘Suspension’ of Solitary Confinement Law - Davis Vanguard NEW YORK, NY – Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) is calling out NY Gov. Kathy Hochul and the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

NEW YORK, NY – Fair and Just Prosecution (FJP) is calling out NY Gov. Kathy Hochul and the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision

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Rehabilitation first in Texas juvenile justice system After the deadly stabbing in Killeen I-S-D, many are questioning how children face legal punishment.

After the deadly stabbing in Killeen I-S-D, many are questioning how children face legal punishment.

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“I can’t be a pessimist because I am alive. To be a pessimist means that you have agreed that human life is an academic matter. So, I am forced to be an optimist. I am forced to believe that we can survive, whatever we must survive.” - James Baldwin

Antagonist Mag: FEATURED | Cops Don’t Stop Mass Shooters, Community Investments Do | by AWKWORD | May 16, 2022

Did You Know?…

8 in 10 Americans believe that social workers — and not police — should respond to mental health 911 calls

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Don’t Call The Police has a national and city-by-city directory and map, with more than 80 local policing alternatives

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New threats to abortion rights hit Puerto Rico, advocates fight back Abortion is legal in Puerto Rico, but a new wave of anti-abortion proponents are pushing for more restrictions, with some success

“We’re ready, & we’re organizing. We already were, & now we’re organizing more & for us, this is a right that isn’t negotiable.”

Abortion is legal in Puerto Rico, but a new wave of anti-abortion proponents is mimicking the anti-abortion efforts in U.S. states, @mellamomariela.bsky.social reports.

City Jail Population Surpasses 7,000, Headed in Wrong Direction for Close-Rikers Plan By law, the city will be legally barred from using Rikers jails after 2027, but the move-out can happen only if there are less than 5,000 people behind bars.

City Jail Population Surpasses 7,000, Headed in Wrong Direction for Close-Rikers Plan www.thecity.nyc/2025/03/20/r...

YouTube video by Incarcerated Nation Network INC Media NYU Youth: Surviving NYC while 18 - 25

NYU Youth: Surviving NYC while 18 - 25
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Solitary confinement is a punishment, like incarceration that’s rooted in slavery.

N.Y. Corrections Department Issues Ultimatum to Striking Officers The department agreed to some of the officers’ demands but said that those who did not return to work on Friday would face disciplinary action and possible criminal charges.

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Funeral services for late @NAACP New York State Conference President and civil rights activist Dr. Hazel N. Dukes will be held at Mother A.M.E. Zion Church in Harlem. Read more about Dukes' life here: bit.ly/4h4jhuN

How Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Could Fuel a Prison Labor Boom Lacking an available pool of migrant labor, the United Stated has historically turned to another vulnerable group—incarcerated people.

“The shift from forced labor… laid the groundwork for the contemporary reliance on incarcerated people to fill labor shortages, not just in prisons but in industries like agriculture”

7 in 10 US farmworkers are foreign born; 40+% are undocumented

The Trump deportations will be BIG for prison labor

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Isn't it ironic that Republicans once questioned Obama's birthplace ,and created the 'Birther Movement' suggesting he wasn't 'American enough,' yet now they're being led by someone of African descent? Just trying to make sense of this shift. 🤔