Charles Ransford

The arc of the moral universe does not bend by itself.

@RonFilipkowski Thank you

We left it all on the field. 7 days a week, 365 days a year, 12-16 hours a day, for 5 years. We did everything we possibly could with so much help from so many of you. We tried to shine a light on the darkness & the threat that Trump’s malignant narcissism poses to America. Vote!

“The entire Palestinian population in North Gaza is at imminent risk of dying from disease, famine and violence.” theguardian.com/world/live/202…

Policy change will never be durable if you don't also invest in the community that policy will walk into. By partnering with local newsrooms and creative storytellers, we’re strengthening relationships between communities and their understanding of safety and justice.

Do you think somebody possibly has video of Trump mocking the handicapped, demeaning US prisoners of war, boasting about sexually assaulting women, praising Vladimir Putin, or urging a violent attack on the US Capitol? That would be huge.

Transforming our justice system into something that better serves communities takes work, time, collaboration, and philanthropic resources, but it is possible. bit.ly/4dBVilR

I wish people understood that the most robust criminology studies conclude that the way we incarcerate people in this country actually makes everyone less safe.

Public safety is complex, and every town, city, and region has its own unique challenges. With community-driven solutions, CAHOOTS and The Baton Rouge Community Street Team are making the difference for people every day. #YouveGotOptions bit.ly/3zpKrfX

Community violence is sticky, clustering among small numbers of individuals and locations. To minimize waste and avoid harm, cities need to know these people and places. Analyses identifying them are essential but overlooked. @VRC_UMD wants to change that. Read on.

The next generation of #criminaljustice reform is flexible, nimble, and willing to shift strategies to accommodate the needs of the field. Read more on how we're ushering in that next generation and challenging the status quo of how philanthropy works: bit.ly/4dBVilR

Collaboration & storytelling are central to our theory of change. By partnering with newsrooms & storytellers, we’re helping create new relationships between communities & their understanding of safety and justice. Check out our annual report to see how: bit.ly/4dBVilR

“White collar crime” is a euphemism for large-scale theft and criminality on a level that far exceeds what normal people have the means to do. So Eric Adams stealing $10,000,000 is “white collar crime” but stealing a $1,000 purse gets reported as “felony theft” and a “shoplifting epidemic.”

A reminder that Black people are 7x more likely to be wrongly convicted of murder than white people and since the late 1980s, Black folks make up more than 50 percent of exonerations.

Kharkiv. Not Beirut. Happens almost daily. Not making news anymore.

@bluestein A strong nation, like a strong person, can afford to be gentle, firm, thoughtful & restrained. It can afford to extend a helping hand to others. It's a weak nation, like a weak person, that must behave with bluster, boasting, rashness & other signs of insecurity. ~ Jimmy Carter

One Million People Are Now Dead or Injured in the Russia-Ukraine War. Nobody who was killed wanted this war. Nobody who was killed wanted violence to be done by them or to them. War is a disease that one (1) infected sick person started, and the same one (1) sick person could have stopped. wsj.com/world/one-mill…

The footage from Kharkiv is devastating - 41 injured, including four children, the youngest just a year old. These are innocent casualties of war, victims of indifference. How much more suffering will the world allow?

Why are we talking about cat-eating lies and not Russia/Iran deal?

Baltimore’s Safe Streets program celebrated a milestone Friday, as three more sites went over 365 consecutive days without a homicide. Read more thebaltimorebanner.com/community/loca…