Yum & Yuk

"We Won't Forget How You Voted": on the death of the DREAM Act (but not the death of the dream): "This one idea, compassion even for your alleged enemies, is what convinces me that passing the DREAM Act is not a matter of if but rather a matter of when. This is a youth movement driven by a fierce love: for each other, for justice and for the country. And that love, no matter how much some people try to resist it, will triumph in the end."

Left: love this photo: "in the 1980s, james r. murphy began teaching students at la guardia public high school mathematics and problem solving by creating string figures through a sequence of complex steps. one of the students, robin moore, photographed each student’s achievement as a visual record, standing tall and proud behind decaying hallways and tiled bathroom walls." via.

"The American Constitution Society has run a new piece by Wilbert Rideau, describing his time in solitary confinement. As the ACS’s introduction describes him, 'Wilbert Rideau is author of In the Place of Justice: A Story of Punishment and Deliverance, a memoir that recounts his 44 years in prison, where he became a journalist and won several journalism awards, including a George Polk Award and the American Bar Association’s Silver Gavel. He was freed in 2005.'" via.