Jessica Pishko

jesspish.bsky.social

23 October 2026 00:03

Experts love to engage in dissecting the video and see if the police are following the law. At the end of the day, a baby is dead because Walmart called the police for shoplifting. As Robert Cover said, "“Legal interpretation takes place on a field of pain and death.”

Harsha Walia

harshawalia.bsky.social

22 October 2026 02:28

I have a new piece out Reflecting on 20 years of migrant struggles, it goes into what abolish ICE does - and doesn't - mean; merging of immigration enforcement with policing & military power; and how fascism is made through bordering. Despite resisting it for so long, I also now define the border.

Max Jordan Nguemeni

maxjordan.bsky.social

22 October 2026 01:33

For my @jama.com debut, @jsross119.bsky.social & I wrote a note contextualizing two new studies on opioid dispensing, naloxone use & overdoses. The lesson isn’t that one silver bullet succeeded but that effective OD prevention efforts must adapt to a dynamic epidemic. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

TheCatMan

bigbrohem.bsky.social

22 October 2026 01:15

"We certainly do need to abolish ICE, but that cannot be the only goal. The agency’s abuses are not new, not created by Republicans alone, and not distinct from other enforcement agencies: they are tethered to otherwise normalized carceral and militarized infrastructures that will persist..."

Yael Schacher

yaelschacher.bsky.social

21 October 2026 18:27

the U.S. Attorney responded, “We say the same thing happens in this country…the Attorney General must be aware that prisoners in this country have been shot by sheriffs; that persons have been lynched by mobs.” Case: United States ex. re. Chen Ping Zee et al. v. Edward Shaughnessy, Dec. 21, 1951.