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Abolition
When Abolitionists Say “Free Them All,” We Mean Palestine Too
We must fight militarism and oppression abroad as fiercely as we do at home.
So-Called “Child Welfare” Tears Families Apart. How Can We Repair This Harm?
Activists are organizing to end punitive family policing policies that unnecessarily separate children from families.
From Death Row, Keith LaMar Has Built a Movement for Love, Art and Abolition
LaMar's album “Freedom First,” recorded with pianist and composer Albert Marquès, has become a key part of his campaign.
Supreme Court Let Texas Execute a Man Sentenced on Allegedly Faulty Evidence
A stay issued by an appeals court could have saved Jedidiah Murphy, but justices voted 6-3 to waive it.
Police and Prison Guards in Maine Are Committing Abuses With Terrifying Impunity
Maine’s attorney general's office hasn't acknowledged an unjustified use of deadly police force since 1990.
As a Black Woman Accused of Killing a White Man, I Was Never Innocent Until Proven Guilty
If we left behind the oppressive systems that deprive people of their very freedom, what could we create instead?
Filmmaker Connects Dots Between Fugitive Slave Law and Modern-Day “Karens”
Award-winning filmmaker Stanley Nelson documents the history of anti-Black police violence in “Sound of the Police.”
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.
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.
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.