founder, Civil Rights Corps civil rights lawyer author of usual cruelty (2019) and copaganda (2025) any views expressed here are my own, and not those of civil rights corpshttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3ml6wq23yp22kWe are hosting a webinar for journalists today to understand the landmark decision by the California Supreme Court--one of the most important civil rights cases in modern history. If you want to understand the bail system and its future, join us: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8UWVnodsTOiBLhN6EqvAMA#/registration06 May 2026 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml6wq23yp22khttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mkzqu4oalk2kTHREAD. Eleven years ago, we brought the first modern constitutional challenge to the idea that a presumed innocent human being can be put in a cage, separated from their family, solely because they lack enough cash to pay money bail.04 May 2026 13:13 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzqu4oalk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mkq7x53z222kWe won! Hundreds of thousands of people who are currently detained and separated from their families in lower-level cases will be released from jail every year. An incredible victory for liberty and public safety. You can read the historic decision here: https://civilrightscorps.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/S277910.pdf [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Apr 2026 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkq7x53z222khttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mkpfyulczk2bThe genre of New York Times propaganda where it credits as reported fact the stated motivations of powerful people should be confined to the dustbin of history. Compare how it reports the unquestioned true intentions of right-wing judges versus the merely declared views of “Black southerners.”30 Apr 2026 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkpfyulczk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mknr2ythbs2vTHREAD. As many of you know, we've been fighting for years to challenge the grotesque cash bail and pretrial detention policies around the U.S. that keep 100,000s of human beings in cages and separated from their families every single night, mostly because they lack cash.29 Apr 2026 18:45 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknr2ythbs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mkawppzigc2gTHREAD. One of the most powerful forms of propaganda that receives little attention is the choice made by people in power in politics, business, and media about which things they juxtapose together and which things they treat separately.24 Apr 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkawppzigc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mkawppzigc2gTHREAD. One of the most powerful forms of propaganda that receives little attention is the choice made by people in power in politics, business, and media about which things they juxtapose together and which things they treat separately.24 Apr 2026 16:22 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkawppzigc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mjzghqolgs27THREAD. I am so glad to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the publication of Copaganda. It's more relevant than ever. We must understand how people are brought along to support the most monstrous and repressive institutions. (And we should have some fun and make some jokes while doing it!)21 Apr 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzghqolgs27https://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mjzghqolgs27THREAD. I am so glad to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the publication of Copaganda. It's more relevant than ever. We must understand how people are brought along to support the most monstrous and repressive institutions. (And we should have some fun and make some jokes while doing it!)21 Apr 2026 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzghqolgs27https://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mjotueuems2jI did this interview with Brian Bean and the fantastic Tempest magazine about ICE, police, and the moment we are in: https://tempestmag.org/2026/04/ice-and-the-police-state/17 Apr 2026 11:43 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjotueuems2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mjmjasvo6l2bI'll be in my hometown Pittsburgh to visit my grandma, so we set up an exciting last-minute book event for Copaganda on Monday. Come talk about propaganda with me. Grandma is 94, but she proofread it and claims it's the best book ever written by her favorite grandson. https://allevents.in/pittsburgh/book-talk-_copaganda_-with-alec-karakatsanis/200029946398639#16 Apr 2026 13:28 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmjasvo6l2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mjhxew4jr32bOne of the great scandals of our time is that professional class liberals and institutions are so poorly educated about and organized around repression that there's been almost no political cost for leading Democrats consistently building authoritarian infrastructure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJLkMG6Ek0U&t=2s14 Apr 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjhxew4jr32bhttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mjfsu4wnml2bI am excited to announce that I'll be doing some public events in my hometown of Pittsburgh. If you know anyone in the area, please bring them! The biggest even will be June 4 at the Carnegie Library. You can register for a free ticket here: https://pittsburghlectures.culturaldistrict.org/production/10796313 Apr 2026 21:31 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjfsu4wnml2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mjf36iykp32bTrump saying today that the pope is “WEAK on crime” is extremely funny, but as with much of what Trump does, he also helps expose how baseless and cynical the liberal establishment has become.13 Apr 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjf36iykp32bhttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mjf36iykp32bTrump saying today that the pope is “WEAK on crime” is extremely funny, but as with much of what Trump does, he also helps expose how baseless and cynical the liberal establishment has become.13 Apr 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjf36iykp32bhttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mjcs2isrz32bTHREAD. This single headline in the NYT contains two outrageous claims reported as fact: 1) Vance "tried" to end the war; and 2) he "opposed" it. Neither is supported, but the thing to understand is: why is lying about the *intention* of powerful people so key to propaganda?12 Apr 2026 16:39 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjcs2isrz32bhttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mivvous6ak2vThe President of the United States just said “A whole civilization will die tonight.” Any politician or person within the chain of command who does not speak up and do everything in their power to stop this will be complicit in the gravest crime against humanity, and there’s no return from that.07 Apr 2026 13:39 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivvous6ak2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mign4wc6bc2bTHREAD. An important report was just released, putting another nail in the coffin of Obama-era "police reform" copaganda. After a study of 13 years of "police reform" in Puerto Rico, police violence *got worse.* The "reform" itself has a budget of $20 million per year.01 Apr 2026 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mign4wc6bc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mibu6zz4522eJoin us in Paris tonight: [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Mar 2026 14:19 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mibu6zz4522ehttps://bsky.app/profile/equalityalec.bsky.social/post/3mhuxycgjq22bI'm excited to announce the publication in France of my book on police body cameras--one of the great achievements of liberal Copaganda in modern history. I'll be in Marseille on March 29 and Paris on March 30 for events. Please join us!25 Mar 2026 11:22 +0000at://did:plc:cltmdg3fnumhwdfusmfvmm7r/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhuxycgjq22b