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Cat Brooks

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How I knew it was time to call it quits

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By Cat Brooks
| Medium
Say goodbye to livelihood, say goodbye my baby For the past nine years, I've worked as a full-time UX Designer in Legal and GovTech. I started as a tech writer, then quickly took on a new role in User Experience Design because it seemed a more creative and challenging career, not to mention a much higher earning potential. I went from being the sole designer to being part of a team of six incredibly wonderful and smart people who genuinely enjoyed working together.
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Opinion: Five years after George Floyd, Trump still protects 'killer cops'

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By Cat Brooks, Rasheed Shabazz
| Oakland Voices
From Eric Garner to George Floyd to Tyre Nichols, Black people in this country have had our breath, our bodies, and our futures stolen by American law enforcement. Repeatedly. On camera. In broad daylight. With impunity. Five years ago, the world watched George Floyd publicly lynched by a Minneapolis police officer who knelt on his neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds. The dam broke.
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Opinion: Northeastern University needs to abandon plans for $20M private police force

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By Cat Brooks, Oakland Voices
| Oakland Voices
Residents of Oakland know all too well what it feels like to live under occupation. For generations, Black and Brown communities have been overpoliced, surveilled, and brutalized by a system that prioritizes punishment over protection, displacement over development, and fear over true safety. This reality is perhaps felt most deeply in the flats of East Oakland.
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