In the past month, around 13,500 New York prison guards went on a wildcat strike. The New York Governor responded by sending National Guard troops to work as prison guards in the states prisons. Before prison guards ended their strike, reports of at least nine prisoners dying during the time of the strike hit the news. When the strike ended, 2,000 guards who remained on strike were fired by the state. We’re joined by Chris Gelardi, a reporter for New York Focus investigating the state’s criminal-legal system, who has covered this story intensively.
Follow Chris Gelardi’s reporting here: https://nysfocus.com/author/chris-gelardi
Then, non-profit newsroom CalMatters has uncovered scandals and abuses pushing California’s homeless population out of shelters, finding that some of the state’s emergency shelters are deadlier than jails. We’re joined by CalMatters journalist Lauren Hepler.
Read the Lauren Hepler’s story here: https://calmatters.org/housing/2025/02/california-homeless-shelters-purgatory/
Our Resistance in Residence Artist this week is Janesta Edmonds, a Black nonbinary multi-discplinary artist whose work includes dance, performance art, analogue/multimedia collage, film, photography, poetry, ritual and magic.
Check out Janesta Edmonds website: https://janestaedmonds.wixsite.com/
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