USC announced that valedictorian Asna Tabassum’s commencement speech has been canceled, stating it was “necessary to maintain the safety of our campus and students”

‘I am surprised that my own university has abandoned me,’ Tabassum said in a statement

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so... the feds are closing the prison bc the employees won't stop abusing the women but also... 'no employees will lose their jobs' apnews.com/article/federa…

I'm honored that I got to do this Q/A with Wilbert Rideau, one of the most acclaimed prison journalists, who paved the way for so many of us writing from the inside today. We talked about reading on death row + how he grew to call his warden a friend.

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Originalism is coming for the criminal legal system.

This case — or another like it — could become the Roe or Heller of prisons, slashing decades of precedents, making it harder to fight for better conditions in court, and even expanding executions.

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A Washington State nonprofit has trained more than 500 incarcerated people how to communicate with lawmakers as constituents, empowering them to take an active role in shaping policy and legislation that directly impacts their lives. theappeal.org/incarcerated-p…

The exchange rate on Palestinian life: defector.com/the-exchange-r…

Two reporters from HuffPost's national desk are Deadline Club award finalists - Molly Redden and Christopher Mathias!

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Their outstanding nominated work: 🧵

Crazy thing we allow for in a country where personal profit is widely recognized and promoted throughout our legal and economic system as the most reliable incentive for the competent delivery of services and goods.

Missouri executed Brian Dorsey despite pleas from 70+ correctional officers, a judge who upheld the death sentence on appeal, several jurors, and some victim family members to spare his life huffpost.com/entry/missouri…

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