February 2023

By Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie, Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket/Getty Images, The Nation, September 2, 2022 F ollowing the November 2020 elections, Democratic leadership called former president Barack Obama out from retirement to quell growing public support for shrinking police department budgets and investing in community needs. In an interview on Snapchat’s “Good Luck America,” Obama admonished protesters and activists: “If you believe, as I do, that we should be able to reform...

By Sylvia A. Harvey, Illustration: Christine Ongjoco, The Imprint, January 30, 2023 On a typical day in 1990, Cordell Miller, then 16, would play basketball, dominoes, or hang out with his friends in his Brooklyn neighborhood . When night came and others went to their respective New York City homes, Miller made his rounds in search of a place to sleep: the hallway, steps and sometimes the roof of a building he could easily sneak into. An abandoned car. At times, he’d ride the subway all...

By Ximena Bustillo, Photo: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters, National Public Radio, January 28, 2023 California Rep. Jimmy Gomez gained national attention as the House endured 15 votes to elect a speaker earlier this month, but not for how he was voting. It was for wearing his baby in the chamber as rounds went on for multiple days. Gomez brought his infant son Hodge to witness the historical events unfold. A few weeks later, without a baby in hand, Gomez launched the Congressional Dads Caucus.

By Alec MacGillis, Photo: Rahim Fortune/The New Yorker, The New Yorker, February 6, 2023 Corey Winfield was ten when he saw someone get shot for the first time. He and a friend were marching around with a drum in the Park Heights section of Northwest Baltimore, and a few older guys asked if they could use it; while they were doing so, someone came up and shot one of them in the back, paralyzing him. At eleven, Corey found his first gun, in an alley near his school. He sold it to a friend’s...

Do you know someone or an organization that is changing the lives of victims and survivors of domestic violence? The Purple Ribbon Awards hosted by @domesticshelters are now accepting nominations for their 3rd annual awards program. Winners will receive a Purple Ribbon Award medallion and other prizes and be eligible for up to $30,000 in grants. Now accepting nominations through February 28th Learn more about how you can nominate at PurpleRibbonAwards.org For more shareable content click...