Taking a stand against racism and police violence must include releasing all survivors of police torture from prison.
George Floyd
Many Black grave sites are vulnerable to disasters due to systemic racial disparities in planning and development.
Beyond defunding police, we must move toward building a more caring, inclusive and economically just society.
We must redefine what peace means and reject the police-enforced law-and-order “peace” as defined by white supremacy.
Those of us in Dominican and Latinx communities must acknowledge and resist our own colorism and anti-Blackness.
In solidarity, between and within communities of color, lies our chance to fight against the insidious forces of racism.
We have an opportunity right now to turn this painful conversation around policing into one about life and growth.
Sex workers have kept each other safe outside the purview of the state for decades, and probably centuries.
To avoid diluting the idea of abolition, we must understand and adopt its Black radical and anti-capitalist principles.
These people have been eagerly fed by a GOP seeking shock troops to defend the status quo.