Writer. Activist. Co-author "Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States"; "Considering Hate: Violence, Goodness, and Justice in American Culture"; and "Carceral Con: The Deceptive Terrain of Criminal Justice Reform."
Kay Whitlock
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As Republicans vote to send an additional $70 billion to ICE and CBP, precious lives are being lost in detention. We received notice today of the 50th death in ICE detention under the Trump administration. Every death is a tragedy.
Yes! I have to force myself to remember. But I do it!
NEW in Bolts: A legal expert on digital surveillance answers questions from readers about how police track your personal data, and what public officials could be doing to restrict it.
Join my wonderful QUEER (IN)JUSTICE co-authors ā @jmogul.bsky.social and @dreanyc123.bsky.social ā and me and special guests for a very timely, resistance-focused, 3-session book-related conversation that starts later this month. Book information and and secure form sign-up in comments.
Join us as we kick off the conversation during #Pride month on June 30th and continue through the summer on July 30 and August 31!
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Jail and prison are incredibly unsafe. There is no safe jail. The important thing to keep in mind when reading these stories is that the answer is always to let people be free (not to hire more doctors).
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In first, California city overwhelmingly votes to permanently ban datacenters
A Georgian immigrant who officials said died last week in ICE custody is the 50th person to die in ICE detention during the second Trump administration.
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A legal expert on digital surveillance answers questions from Bolts readers about how police track your personal data, and what public officials could be doing to restrict it.
And the Missoula bus system is free to ride! It's an electric fleet equipped with wi-fi.
Missoula's Mountain Line wins national transit award for small and mid-size transit systems.
Jessica Pishko
Kay Whitlock
While many US city councils have passed moratoriums, Monterey Park is first where residents have voted on a ban
I'm seeing people post and repost, "ICE is not about immigration. ICE is about normalizing a paramilitary force on peaceful streets. Abolish ICE."
Y'all, it's about more than one thing.