Links of Interest

Today’s collection of links:

Jonathan Magbie photographed while meeting President Ronald Reagan in 1982

Jonathan Magbie meeting President Reagan in during the proclamation of National Respiratory Therapy Week

  • “Our prison system is both a devastating moral blight on our society and an overwhelming economic burden on our tax dollars, taking away much needed resources from schools, health care and affordable housing. The prison system is corrupting our society and making us more threatened, rather than protecting us as its proponents claim. It is a system built on fear, racism, and the exploitation of poverty. Our current prison system has no place in a society that aspires to liberty, justice, and equality for all.” So says Architects / Designers / Planners for Social Responsibility, which is asking professionals to pledge “to not participate in the design, construction, or renovation of prisons.”