Victoria Law

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Freelance journalist & author. Forthcoming CORRIDORS OF CONTAGION: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration (Haymarket 2024). https://linktr.ee/victorialaw

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So this happened today… hellgatenyc.com/abc-no-rio-a...

How the Anarchists at ABC No Rio Got the City to Build Them an Arts Center on the Lower East Sidehellgatenyc.com "If you had told us that this group of anarchist artists was going to raise this amount of money and make this happen, we really would have thought you were totally insane."

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You're never late to a book. Books don't have a use by date, they're always brand new the first time you read them.

My latest for @truthout.bsky.social: truthout.org/articles/eve...

Even When Trans Women Win Transfers to Women’s Prisons, They Still Aren’t Safetruthout.org Many states are rolling back policies allowing trans people to be placed in prisons aligned with their gender identity.

If you haven't yet pre-ordered my forthcoming book Corridors of Contagion from Bookshop.org, you can get free shipping now thru Wed (7/17): bookshop.org/p/books/sent...

Bookshop: Buy books online. Support local bookstores.bookshop.org A better way to buy books online. Every purchase financially supports local independent bookstores.

My latest for @thenation.com looks at the death of an incarcerated woman at the Central CA Women's Facility during a week of ~110 degree temperatures & the lack of heat mitigation efforts throughout the nation's 2nd largest prison: www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The Scorching Temperatures Are Turning Prison Cells Into Furnaceswww.thenation.com As the death toll due to extreme heat rises, incarcerated people are concerned that their cells could become their coffins.

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When Dutch Schultz lay dying in the hospital after being targeted for assassination by Lucky Luciano, Madam Stephanie St. Clair sent him a telegram that read, simply: “As ye sow, so shall ye reap."

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If you're doing the math at home and are at all familiar with the economics of a restaurant, you'll see where this is all going—curbside dining, outside of the wealthiest restaurant owners, is absolutely fucking toast. hellgatenyc.com/city-definit...

Oh Great, NYC Killed the Only Good Thing to Come Out of the COVID Erahellgatenyc.com Instead of building upon one of the few bright spots of the pandemic, curbside dining is now heading for swift extinction beginning on August 3, even as the City insists this isn't the case.

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Why did Delta Airlines tweet that the Palestinian flag is ‘terrifying’? | Arwa Mahdawiwww.theguardian.com Thousands in Gaza are dying – but what’s really scary, apparently, is a flight attendant wearing a tiny flag pin

Adding to my 2025 to-read list!!

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Zora Neale Hurston to Posthumously Publish New Novel, Inspired by Biblical Figure Herod the Great, in 2025 (Exclusive)people.com Zora Neale Hurston, a prominent figure within the Harlem Renaissance, will posthumously publish a new novel, 'The Life of Herod the Great,' next year.

NYC!! www.nypl.org/blog/2024/07...

Pick Up a Free James Baldwin Title in Celebration of His 100th Birthday | The New York Public Librarywww.nypl.org The New York Public Library is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of James Baldwin one of our largest adult book giveaways!

I am unable to send color copies of this piece to the incarcerated artists and/or trans people. Prisons don't allow images of nudity, which is in nearly all of the depicted (colorful & gorgeous) images. Many also do not allow color printouts or even photos.

My first for PBS American Masters examines friendship (and art) as lifelines for people behind bars: t.co/hMmx4AaHuv

How friendship became a lifeline for a trans artist in prison | American Masters | PBSt.co For artist Jamie Diaz, friendship and art countered the despair caused by prison strife, violence and chaos while incarcerated.

My first for PBS American Masters examines friendship (and art) as lifelines for people behind bars: t.co/hMmx4AaHuv

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Only 5 more days left to nominate someone great for the Ann Snitow prize, a $12,500 award for an outstanding feminist intellectual/artist and activist working in the United States: annsnitowprize.com

Nominations for the 2024 Ann Snitow Prize are Now Open - The Ann Snitow Prizeannsnitowprize.com Nominations for the 2024 Ann Snitow Prize—a $12,500 award for an outstanding feminist intellectual/artist and activist working in the United States—are now open. To learn how you can nominate someone ...

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Prison Reform’s Shell Game - Boston Reviewwww.bostonreview.net Hard-won legislation meant to limit or end solitary confinement has run up against the power of correctional systems to neutralize change.

Including this in the couple of e-messages I am managing to write to incarcerated women today.

‘To Be Alive’ by Gregory Orr From Concerning the Book That Is the Body Of the Beloved (Copper Canyon Press, 2005).

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Black trans folks, if you need some short-term therapy to take care of some things, The Okra Project may be a resource for you. They provide 3 months of free therapy to Black trans folks in the US. Check it out. www.theokraproject.com

The Okra Projectwww.theokraproject.com

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New zine! How Criminalized Survivors Seek Healing and Safety: A Study of Survivors of State and Interpersonal from Ky Peterson, Ny Nourn, Wendy Howard, Liyah Birru, Tracy McCarter and @thezararaven.bsky.social drive.google.com/file/d/1jC2C...

How Criminalized Survivors Seek Healing and Safety ZINE.pdfdrive.google.com

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Library funding is almost always justified through patron numbers. The more people a library serves, the more funding it gets. So even if you don't regularly use a public library, get a library card. It costs you nothing and helps everyone in your community.

today is my NINETEEN YEAR anniversary working at my local library In honor of that, I ask you to get a card to your local public library today! If you ALREADY have a card to your local public library, check out their digital resources! Their summer programs! And yeah, they have books too.

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GrowNYC’s Greenmarket Compost Drop-Offs Are Gone for Good Community composting got $6.2 million in the budget, but the climate-saving initiative has had a "bittersweet" few weeks.

GrowNYC's Greenmarket Compost Drop-Offs Are Gone for Good - Hell Gatehellgatenyc.com Community composting organizations received $6.2 million in the recent City budget, but it's not enough to save dozens of Greenmarket drop-off sites.

#OTD last year: On July 3, 2023, state, federal, and immigration prisons across the U.S. reported nearly 3,000 COVID deaths since the start of the pandemic.

COVER REVEAL: Yesterday was the 3-year anniversary of a horrifying pandemic milestone--half a million people in prison had contracted Covid. My newest book chronicles this heartbreaking (& enraging) reality. Now available for pre-sale: t.co/mpqTUVWUxy

Corridors of Contagion: How the Pandemic Exposed the Cruelties of Incarceration a book by Victoria Lawt.co Tracing the narratives of five incarcerated individuals, Corridors of Contagion speaks to the devastating impact of surviving the pandemic inside prison walls. Corridors of Contagion brings to light...

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COLEMAN, Fla. (AP) — Commission denies parole for Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, convicted of killing FBI agents in 1975.

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Multiple states are building new women’s prisons, but can they be stopped? Prisons’ abuse of incarcerated women has only led to the expansion of the carceral system, Sierra Dickey reports. Meanwhile, real alternatives to prison are largely ignored. prismreports.org/2024/07/01/s...

States are building new women’s prisons. Can they be stopped?prismreports.org Prisons’ abuse of incarcerated women has only led to the expansion of the carceral system

Anyone else having a problem buying "stamps" on the ConnectNetwork prison e-messaging system today (6/30)?

By this day 3 yrs ago (6/30/21), half a million people in prison had contracted Covid, showing the need to create consistent policies to prevent future health crises from sickening thousands behind bars. It was a missed opportunity to rethink US addiction to incarceration.

A Half-Million People Got COVID-19 in Prison. Are Officials Ready for the Next Pandemic?www.themarshallproject.org People who live and work in prisons worry they remain vulnerable, even as life behind bars returns to business as usual.

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NEW: Guards at a notorious federal prison in California sexually abused women who were incarcerated there. The abuse survivors are now demanding justice—and pressing for a pathway out known as compassionate release. Tough story from @psfrench.bsky.social. boltsmag.org/federal-pris...

“What’s More Extraordinary and Compelling?”boltsmag.org Women who suffered sexual abuse at the hands of guards at a notorious federal prison in California are now seeking compassionate release.

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If you're in NY and can sign this, please do. Masks bans will not combat antisemitism, they will just put disabled people at risk. We can and must do better. www.jewsformaskrights.com

Jews for Mask Rightswww.jewsformaskrights.com

App 80% of organic waste collected by NYC's Dept of Sanitation becomes methane, which is burned for electricity. Just 20% is turned into the compost that makes tomatoes beefier & trees leafier, while not contributing to the climate crisis by creating more fossil fuels.

The Adams Administration Is Paving Community Compost Paradise for a Parking Lot On June 30, the City is evicting Big Reuse's award-winning community composting site in Long Island City for vehicle storage. "Does that make sense from a climate perspective?"

The Adams Administration Is Paving Community Compost Paradise for a Parking Lot - Hell Gatehellgatenyc.com On June 30, the Adams administration is evicting Big Reuse's award-winning community composting site in Long Island City for vehicle storage.

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Companies of a certain size are required to provide COVID leave to their employees until July 2025. I just used it last week after I tested positive.

NEW: This spring, NY quietly stripped away COVID sick leave from its own employees. The state informed executive agencies in March that the hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers who work for the state would no longer get COVID-specific sick days. hellgatenyc.com/governor-hoc...

Governor Hochul Abruptly Ends COVID Sick Leave for NY State Employees - Hell Gatehellgatenyc.com COVID-19 cases are again on the rise in New York. Statewide, the number of recorded cases has increased five-fold since April, though they are still below levels reached this past winter.

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the zionist billionaire whatsapp chat with eric adams and aipac's $15m spend against bowman are really not helping american jews beat back the antisemitic conspiracy theories