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What Is Restorative Justice? An Alternative Approach to Addressing Harm.
The criminal punishment system allows no real path forward for healing. Restorative justice offers a better way.
These Activists Worked to Bail Out Incarcerated Women in Time for Mother’s Day
Black-led groups around the country reunited incarcerated mothers and their kids through the Mama's Day Bail Out.
Psychiatric Incarceration Isn’t Treatment — It’s Violence, Survivors Say
After the murder of Jordan Neely, NYC’s mayor doubled down on his plan to disappear those who “appear mentally ill.”
To Transform Conflict in Movements, We Must Learn How to Stay in It Together
“Trust-building requires risk,” says facilitator Aarati Kasturirangan.
I Answered the Call to Help Stop Cop City. I Spent 31 Days in Jail for It.
In those 31 days, I witnessed mental health crises, a lack of running water and sadistic treatment by guards.
Ralph Yarl Deserves Justice Beyond What the Criminal Legal System Can Offer
While the man who shot Yarl was not a cop, his whiteness allowed him to bear an invisible badge of the police force.
Educators and Publishers Are Fighting the Right’s Attempt to Erase Black History
The right has compiled a glossary of words like “abolition” and “equity” that it deems suspect in classroom contexts.
Judge Denies Bond for 8 People Rounded Up in Mass Arrest for Opposing Cop City
Jailed since March 5, they are charged with domestic terrorism based on scant evidence like muddy clothes.
We Must Abolish Nuclear Weapons Before They Abolish Us
The Ukraine War has resurfaced conversations about nuclear weapons. But are we having the right conversations?
Moms Urge IL Leaders to Pardon Survivors of Police Torture, Wrongful Convictions
They’ll work with the UN to strengthen their case for pardoning those who’ve been framed or tortured into confessions.