It’s almost like federal funding is good and stops bad things from happening.

With ICE raids set to begin Tuesday, I keep thinking about the sign we have up outside our country—Emma Lazarus’ poem on the plaque on the Statue of Liberty.

Seeing our land as a place of refuge has always been one of the best ideas America has ever had about ourselves.

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Seattle—I will be with you next week and I’d love to see you!

Reading RETHINKING INCARCERATION by Dominique DuBois Gilliard, and of all the mind-blowing revelations, somehow this one is blowing my mind the most. Every time we reach someone in a call center, we may be speaking to an incarcerated person.

Two days in a row, I’ve gotten real mail about my book. “THE PLACE WE MAKE is most assuredly the best book I have ever read.” 🥹 Tell an #author you love their work today!

Got this text tonight from a new friend. Yep, that’s how I felt when I was writing my book, too.