Budgets are moral documents which spell out in black and white what our values are. The data is clear. Housing, mental health services, employment opportunities, and education keep people safe. Rolling back bail reform does not. #NoRollBacks cityandstateny.com/opinion/2023/0…

NEW FWD.us Statement: FWD.us Applauds New AP Stylebook Update Adding Criminal Justice Chapter fwd.us/news/fwd-us-ap…

👉 The The Associated Press just released new guidance in their stylebook on criminal justice language. That guidance includes “when possible, use person first language to describe someone who is incarcerated or someone in prison.” ap.org/media-center/p… #PersonFirst #PeopleFirst

Leaders impacted by mass incarceration call on Vice President Harris to “meet this consequential political moment with particular care and attention as it relates to conversations and commitments around criminal justice” reform” commit2reform.com

More here. Calling for a cj platform with “nothing less than freedom on the line” thehill.com/homenews/campa…

Congratulations to FWD.us friend and partner, DeAnna “EnoughIsEnough” Hoskins, for being named as a 2024-25 White House Fellow. She will be the first formerly incarcerated person to serve as a White House Fellow in 50 years!

President Biden, there’s one more chance to give thousands a second chance. #ClemencyNow #JustClemency

New Ad on Clemency - Thousands are serving disproportionately long sentences in federal prison that would not be handed down today bc of law and practice changes. Their families and communities would be safer and stronger with them home. Watch and share!

Journalists and anyone else interested in clemency right now (and who isn't?), join @jduffyrice Zoë Towns Rachel Barkow and celeste on 12/16 for a Q&A. Bring your questions! These smart people will have answers. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

.FWD.us applauds President Biden’s action on clemency and view this announcement as a promising sign of what’s to come. We welcome President Biden’s continued commitment to review petitions for people in prison serving outdated sentences that would be shorter under today’s law

NATIONAL LABOR UNION PRESIDENTS URGE PRESIDENT BIDEN TO CONTINUE TAKING BOLD CLEMENCY ACTION. From AFL-CIO, AFSCME, AFT, APWU, UMWA, NEA, and SEIU: commute sentences for people currently in prison whose sentences would be much shorter today seiu.org/2024/12/nation…

Extremely worth the read. Thanks Rohit Acharya & Rhett Morris

More incredible news on clemency

washingtonian.com/2025/05/07/was… Zero surprise to see Todd Schulte make this list once again. The kind of DC mover and shaker we love to be in the fight with.

Latest from FWD.us is a wake-up call for anyone concerned about making ends meet in America. This original research is a tally of how much incarceration costs families on the outside: nearly $350 billion every year. We simply can’t afford it. Read more wecantaffordit.us