Truthout
The Road to Abolition
Exploring abolition — both in imagination and in practice — and the movement toward a more liberated future.
To Address Gender-Based Violence, First Defund the Prosecutors
When candidates running for prosecutor claim to be on the side of survivors of violence, we need to take a closer look.
To Celebrate Pride, We Must Honor Its Roots as an Anti-Police Protest
Ongoing police violence against LGBTQ people has led to a nationwide movement to limit or ban cops from Pride events.
Policing and Militarism Go Hand in Hand. We Must Abolish Both.
Police and the military operate under the same principle -- they move in, occupy and oppress communities.
Some Prisons Reinstate Patdown Searches Although Guards Are Refusing Vaccination
Prisoners are worried that reinstated searches will allow guards to spread COVID-19 throughout prisons -- again.
Campaigns to Defund Police Have Seen Major Wins — and They’re Not Stopping
George Floyd was murdered by police one year ago today. “Defund the police” is digging in and growing roots.
In Working-Class NJ Town, Activists Push to Invest in Community, Not Police
Abolitionists are confronting racial capitalism and policing in the post-industrial city of Paterson, New Jersey.
For Eid, Let’s Celebrate the Queer and Trans Muslims Working Toward Abolition
Muslims are marking the end of Ramadan and working to create a just world free of police, prisons and punishment.
Jailers Tortured and Murdered Marvin Scott III, Family Says After Viewing Video
After viewing tape of Scott's in-custody murder at the Collin County Jail, his family says he suffered “day of torture.”
University of California Pushes to Militarize and Expand Its Police Force
A campus-based movement is growing in response, to abolish police presence and transform safety infrastructures.
Abolitionist Struggles Are Also Matters of Global Justice
Author Julian Aguon’s new book links the struggle to demilitarize his native Guam to the Black Lives Matter movement.