Protestors break the bank

Tracy Van Slyke

A New York State Supreme Court Judge ordered NY officials to release almost 500 protestors last Thursday and charged the city $1,000 for every prisoner who was held past 5 p.m. - a total of almost half a million dollars! Now think of all the schools that could be funded with that money…

Tracy Van Slyke, a former publisher of In These Times, is the project director for The Media Consortium.
The text is from the poem “QUADRENNIAL” by Golden, reprinted with permission. It was first published in the Poetry Project. Inside front cover photo by Golden.
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