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Prisons & Policing
Austin Bombings Highlight the Threat of Racist Violence
There are still more questions than answers about who and what is responsible.
Resources Prevent Violence. Policing Doesn’t.
An interview with organizer Benji Hart of #NoCopAcademy.
#MeToo Behind Bars: When the Sexual Assaulter Holds the Keys to Your Cell
Fear of retaliation silences both victims and witnesses.
Death to Drug Dealers: Trump Threatens to Ramp Up Drug War, Praising Efforts in Philippines and China
President Trump has reiterated his calls for the US to impose the death penalty
As Case Against So-Called “Black Identity Extremist” Proceeds, Emails Reveal Dallas FBI’s Surveillance of First Amendment Activity
The government's prosecution of a Black activist could open the door to a wider dragnet.
Disappeared by the State: What Tuesday’s Supreme Court Decision on Indefinite Detention Means for Immigrants
The logic behind the decision is baked into the system.
Police Assault Students After Protest at Chicago’s Loyola University
Activists organize to demand justice after two socialists were assaulted by campus police.
Will Arkansas Rush Executions Because Its Lethal Injection Drugs Are Expiring?
This absurd situation only highlights the injustice of the death penalty.
Citing Duterte, Trump Reportedly Wants to Execute All Drug Dealers
Trump wants to imitate the Philippines.
“Police Reform Is a Dead End”: Alex Vitale on “The End of Policing”
"The End of Policing" is an accessible study of police history as an imperial tool for social control.