Interview | Prisons & Policing We Must Abolish Prisons to Rebuild Communities Fractured by Mass Incarceration We can begin by transforming our relationships to one another, say abolitionist activists. By Laura Flanders , Truthout September 6, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Let’s Fight for Freedom From Electronic Monitors and E-Carceration Electronic monitoring is not a better alternative to incarceration, because it sets you up to fail. By James Kilgore , Truthout September 4, 2019 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing The Murder of George Jackson and the Modern Anti-Prison Movement Through his writings and leadership, George Jackson embodied the legacy of the anti-prison movement. By Anita Johnson & Jonathan Jackson Jr. , MakingContact August 24, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | Racial Justice Using Patriotism to Deflect Racism Is a Deadly Mistake Claiming more loyalty to a nation built on our oppression is not going to secure us more rights or more safety. By William C. Anderson , Truthout August 1, 2019 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing 1970s Activism Laid Foundation for Today’s Prison Abolitionist Feminism Grassroots feminist activism in the 1970s resisted the inclusion of imprisonment and policing in their struggles. By Anton Woronczuk , Truthout July 21, 2019 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing San Francisco Joins National Push to Abolish Youth Prisons Activists are pushing back against plans to replace youth prisons with "kid-friendly jails." By Ella Fassler , Truthout June 3, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Rise in White Prisoners Doesn’t Change Innate Racism of Prisons There is a powerful political constituency to mobilize against the cruelties of the U.S. carceral state. By Dan Berger , Truthout April 28, 2019 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing The Future of the Prison Abolition Movement Even news personalities like Marc Lamont Hill now argue that abolition is a real and tangible goal. By Salima Hamirani , MakingContact February 9, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | Economy & Labor It’s Time to Heed King’s Call for the Abolition of Poverty The radical politics we need are already alive and well around us. We need to recognize and acknowledge them. By William C. Anderson , Truthout January 21, 2019 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing “Prison Reform” Is Not Enough. In 2019, Let’s Fight for Decarceration. Radical critics of the prison system have a difficult but familiar task in the coming year. By Dan Berger , Truthout January 2, 2019 Truthout