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The Far Right Doesn’t Want to Defund FBI. They Want It to Follow Their Orders.
The FBI should be defunded. It has a legacy of repressing left movements. The right just wants to change its leadership.
There Are Good Reasons to Defund the FBI. They Have Nothing to Do With Trump.
The FBI was created to prop up a system of rule based on white supremacy, inequality, injustice and state violence.
Here’s Why Arab Americans Like Me Are Supporting Efforts to Defund the Police
As an Arab American whose community has endured chilling surveillance, I back the movement to defund the police.
We Don’t Need More Evidence That Police Can’t Be Trusted. We Need Real Safety.
We must demand systems of care and accountability that affirm and sustain life and our environment for the long term.
The Movement to Defund and Abolish Immigration Jails Is Winning Major Victories
Biden’s budget calls for a 26 percent reduction in immigration detention, and ICE is reducing the use of some jails.
When Biden Says “Fund the Police,” It Should Spur Our Efforts to Defund Them
Both parties are trying to exploit the movement to defund police to argue for raising law enforcement budgets.
Some Schools That Canceled Contracts With Police Are Still Bringing in Officers
Instead of spending on police, schools should hire more people who can "help kids not be angry," say student advocates.
Voters Reject Policing Overhaul in Minneapolis — But Activists Aren’t Deterred
Alternatives to policing are already being built in Minneapolis.
Minneapolis Set to Vote on Dissolving Police Department
A ballot question that would fold police into a public safety department has defined the race for mayor.
Looking to Get Cops Off Your Campus? Start Here.
Last year’s uprisings have created fresh starting places for campus-based abolitionist organizing.