News Analysis | Prisons & Policing Copaganda Perpetuates the Myth That Freedom Puts the Public in Danger Even as violent crime decreased in the U.S., media coverage of crime increased. By Staff , Truthout/TeenVogue September 18, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Racial Justice Dorothy Roberts Lays Out a Damning Exposé of Medical Racism and “Child Welfare” Scholar Dorothy Roberts exposes effects of anti-Black mythmaking and calls for an end to the family policing system. By George Yancy , Truthout September 17, 2023 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Oral History of Political Prisoners Shows Enduring Power of Revolutionary Hope Edited by abolitionist Josh Davidson and political prisoner Eric King, “Rattling the Cages” is an archive of defiance. By Zane McNeill , Truthout September 10, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing To Build an Abolitionist Future, We Must Look to Indigenous Pasts Worlds without police and without prisons have already existed, predating colonization and slavery. By Cherise Morris , Truthout September 6, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Grassroots Organizing in Red States Is at the Heart of Abolitionist Struggle Here’s what we can learn from abolitionists who are organizing in some of the most conservative parts of the country. By Meghan Krausch , Truthout/Inquest September 5, 2023 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing It’s Nearly Labor Day, and Congress Has a Chance to Abolish Prison Slavery Formerly incarcerated workers are leading a push for basic labor rights in prisons that could change everything. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout September 1, 2023 Truthout
Excerpt | Prisons & Policing “Abolition Cannot Wait”: Exonerated Author Outlines Human Cost of Incarceration If people were aware of what was being done in the name of justice, in their name, they wouldn’t sit or stand for it. By Lacino Hamilton & Lisa Kloskin , Truthout/BroadleafBooks August 29, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | Prisons & Policing Abolition Doesn’t Undermine Safety — Its Goal Is Safety for Everyone If policing, prosecution and incarceration created safety, the U.S. would be the safest country in the world. By Staff , Truthout/TeenVogue August 1, 2023 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing As Book Bans Sweep the US, Incarcerated People Face the Worst Censorship The freedom to read for everyone requires an end to prisons. By Emily Drabinski , Truthout July 25, 2023 Truthout
News Analysis | Prisons & Policing How Do We Prevent Gun Violence Without Police? Look to Abolitionists. Building authentic relationships is key to creating lasting safety beyond the reach of institutions of carceral control. By Cristian Farias , Truthout/Inquest July 13, 2023 Truthout