Former appellate defender and UC Berkeley Law graduate. My practice was limited to representing indigents on appeal.
I’ve written more than a dozen books and published more than 50 short pieces in The Washington Post, Cnn.com, and others. My book prizes include the Jane Addams Book Award.
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| Author Website | https://terikanefield.com |
| Birdsite | https://twitter.com/Teri_Kanefield |
Hi, Mastodon Peeps:
I haven't been blogging much, so instead the usual blog page, I created a new (super cool) page.
I went back over my key pieces from the past 7 years, updated stuff, and added new stuff.
https://terikanefield.com/things-ive-been-thinking-about/
(Maybe you missed something interesting?)
Adding: Making website pages is fun. Who knew?
Libraries Under Attack
(wait, what? Those peaceful people?)
Hi everyone,
I have a weekend blog post ready.
I was asked to speak to a group of librarians this week. Here is a text of the discussion about how to best deal with would-be censors and how we came to this moment.
Iran is empowered and, because a school was hit, has an argument that it is entitled to reparations.
The political situation is lose-lose as well.
If Congress steps in, the war can be framed as "thwarted success." Trump. blames Congress for not letting him finish and “win.”
If Congress ties Trump’s hands, it owns the resulting mess.
If Congress refuses to step in, the war continues and the power of the Executive Branch continues to expand at the expense of the Legislative Branch.
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I understand the 60 day clock, and the power of the purse, and the War Powers Reolutions, and I understand that Trump's war in Iran is illegal.
However I think the whole "Congress can end this mess" argument is incorrect and simplistic.
To begin with, I don't see any way to "win" at this point.
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I'm hoping there is something I can do.
Soon they will be able to prove they are human.
What is annoying is that it comes into my email from "Contact Teri" so I can't mark them as spam.
Hi techie friends,
I have a contact button on my website and suddenly (like the past few months) I have been getting tons of spam. Most of the spammers know my name but not much else.
I thought having a contact button instead of an email address would solve that.
Have bots or whatever
just gotten better?
(They all want to help me get rich 😂 Former public (appellate) defender here. Some want to improve my brand, which is even funnier)
Scholastic Magazine asked me to write an article about Barbara. You can read it here:
https://terikanefield.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/imagine-this-was-your-school.pdf
And now I hope you all have a wonderful Barbara Johns Day.
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People finally trusted me enough to pull letters and photographs out of closets and attics. I met a lot of people and learned more than went into the book.
Now the Moton Museum celebrates Barbara Rose Johns Day.
One day I won’t be the author of the only book about Barbara Johns, but I will always be the author of the first book.
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. . .nobody knew who she was and her family was afraid to talk to me because so much violence had come their way. After the NAACP took up the case, the family home was burned down.
A cross was burned in front of the school, and Barbara was sent south to Alabama to live with her uncle for her safety. (Wait? South? For safety?? Yup.)
I could write a book about the experience of going through Virginia trying to get the information for this book.
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