Leticia shares this pic of a cold work day in Oxnard CA. Because of recent rainstorms she wears rubber boots to make the muddy rows less slippery as she picks the strawberries from both sides of the raised beds. Her back ached from spending hours bent over.
Effective today, California becomes first state to offer health insurance to all eligible undocumented adults. This population contributes more than $3 billion in local and state taxes annually, according to the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy: calmatters.org/health/2023/...
Everyone’s focusing on what a moral void Kissinger was and I’m afraid we’ll lose sight of what a mediocre, myopic mind he actually had as opposed to the brilliant mainframe of a brain we were assured he had.
Phone calls will finally be free for people in the LA jails, starting Dec. 1!! The county has been talking about doing this since at least 2021 and now they finally amended the phone contract so it's a reality. www.latimes.com/california/s...
After two false starts, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approves a contract that will allow inmates to phone home for free as of Dec. 1
Joanna Levesque works multiple jobs and still struggles to afford phone calls with her incarcerated partner. She often finds herself skipping meals. She says she is “beyond excited” about the reform that is making calls free in Massachusetts prisons.
Editor’s note (Nov. 16): Governor Maura Healey signed this legislation into law this week, making phone calls for incarcerated people free in Massachusetts. Healey in August sent the reform back... Read More
Michigan is poised to adopt the first law in the nation that would automatically register people to vote as they leave prison. The bill, adopted last week by lawmakers, is now on Governor Gretchen Whitmer's desk. New in Bolts:
The legislature passed a bill last week that would expand automatic voter registration in a number of other ways, and likely add many new Michiganders to voter rolls.
Ady and I went to law school together, and even as a student he was a humbling/inspiring example of how to live your values fearlessly in the service of others. If you can, please contribute to the gofundme for his family: www.gofundme.com/f/rememberin...