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@ClintSmithIII

Writer. Teacher. PhD Candidate studying incarceration, education, & inequality. Author of Counting Descent.

Washington, DC
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Joined January 2012
Born on August 25
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  1. 12 hours ago

    hello it took all summer but i have finally finished all six seasons of the americans & i just gotta say that show is amazing like truly one of the best tv shows ive watched also i can never trust any of yall anymore because clearly all of our next door neighbors are kgb spies

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    18 hours ago

    FWIW: I had to stop myself from describing the op-ed author as "he" several times while writing this. And I sure as hell don't have any idea who it is. It's just that "he" is still the default term for an unknown person. Patriarchy runs deep, y'all.

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    Aug 20

    When we think of where we live, who do we imagine as our neighbors? What actions invite some people in and keep others out? Join us in the this conversation starting Sept. 3rd Sign up for this free course here:

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    23 hours ago

    The co-founder of CoreCivic started his career forcing inmates to pick cotton on a prison plantation the size of Manhattan. For-profit prisons are a direct outgrowth of slavery. An excerpt from my forthcoming book:

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  5. 15 hours ago

    New episode of ! This week we look at the movement to elect progressive prosecutors & how they’re changing both the conversation, and the policies, around criminal justice across the country.

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  6. 16 hours ago

    I understand the need for levity sometimes, but does anyone else feel uncomfortable at the way some ppl are treating this like a game? As if this is a political “Where’s Waldo?” instead of an extension of instability that harms the lives of real ppl, often the most marginalized.

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    22 hours ago

    Believe in something. Even if it means sacrificing everything.

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    Sep 4

    "Every job is worthwhile." Former 'Cosby Show' actor Geoffrey Owens speaks out over job-shaming incident

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  9. 20 hours ago

    The responses to this really are fantastic.

    Shout out to all the parents going back to school this year. The parents writing papers after washing bottles, the parents highlighting the reading with your kid asleep in your lap, the parents whose work desk is also a kitchen table with spaghetti noodles scattered across it.
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    Aug 31

    Want a unit for all ready to go? I gathered all the best ideas you contributed from our last chat in this post. Pre-reading, understanding the poem, mentor text ideas, post-reading activities, supplemental connections, etc! ⁦⁩

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    Sep 4

    The newly elected District Attorney of Boston, MA ran for office on a platform that included a promise to "end mass incarceration," including refusing to prosecute numerous low level offenses. See below.

    Here’s a list of the charges has said she will decline to prosecute. Historic.
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  12. 22 hours ago

    Read this from . It's excellent.

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  13. 23 hours ago

    every single day further illuminates that many of our most powerful people have never feared for their lives or their safety at the hands of the state

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    Sep 5

    New Justice in America Podcast! After Tuesday's primary victories for reform candidates, defining a progressive agenda for prosecutors is more pressing than ever. joins and .

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    Sep 5

    Episode seven is here! Worth listening simply to hear a prosecutor insist that the justice system doesn’t kill enough people while simultaneously blowing off an innocent guy who’d been exonerated after 30 years

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    Sep 5

    I have a poem in the latest issue of Gulf Coast!

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    Sep 4

    What an image in our story: Here's Ayanna Pressley's stepdaughter watching her mother claim victory and become the first black woman ever elected to Congress from Massachusetts.

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  18. Sep 4

    Yo this Bobby Brown movie is wild

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  19. Sep 4

    So often parents go back to school not only to pursue their own dreams but to make the lives of their children better—to achieve the sort of economic mobility that’s going to give them a different life. It’s an enormous sacrifice & one of the most radical acts of love there is.

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  20. Sep 4

    Whether it’s high school, GED, college, bachelor’s, master’s, or doctorate being a parent & going *back* to school is one of the toughest balancing acts out there. So much respect to the folks who do it, especially single parents. Your kids are lucky to watch your persistence.

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