Truthout
Abolition

The Radical Work of Healing: Fania and Angela Davis on a New Kind of Civil Rights Activism
Fania is calling for a truth and reconciliation process focused on the historic racial trauma that continues to haunt the US.

Beyond Reform: Abolishing Prisons
Is the problem simply that too many people are incarcerated—or is incarceration a problem, in and of itself?

“Captive Genders”: CeCe McDonald, Chelsea Manning and Others Map Road to Trans Liberation
The anthology's pages brim with anger, grief, hope, humor and daring.

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Big Dreams and Bold Steps Toward a Police-Free Future
Is now the time to move toward the abolition of policing?

Beyond Amnesty: The Battle Over Sex Work Decriminalization
Forget Lena Dunham. Here is the real scoop on the future of sex work, at home and abroad.

Still Boxed Out: NYU Discriminates Against Students Who Have Faced Arrest
It's time to abolish college application questions that require disclosing documented interaction with the criminal legal system.

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Black Immigrants’ Lives Matter: Disrupting the Dialogue on Immigrant Detention
The developing discourse on immigrant detention undermines the political vision of prison abolition.

Anonymous Hacktivist Jeremy Hammond Promotes Prison Abolition From Behind Bars
Supporters keep Hammond's cause alive and promote his case for dismantling the system that enslaves him.

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Maya Schenwar | Your Home Is Your Prison
Efforts to reform the prison system may only be expanding the prison system into other parts of American life.

Prop 47, Immigration Reform and More: The Contradictory Road of “Reforming” Mass Incarceration
Mass incarceration has landed on the political agenda at both the national and local levels.