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Sex Workers Have Never Counted on Cops. Let’s Learn From Their Safety Tactics.
Sex workers have kept each other safe outside the purview of the state for decades, and probably centuries.
On Juneteenth, Let’s Commit to Learning How to Abolish Oppressive Institutions
To avoid diluting the idea of abolition, we must understand and adopt its Black radical and anti-capitalist principles.
Armed Extremist Groups Aren’t Lone Wolves — They Were Galvanized by the GOP
These people have been eagerly fed by a GOP seeking shock troops to defend the status quo.
The GOP’s Police Reforms Won’t Do It. We Need to Defund the Police.
The GOP police reform bill seems more concerned with stopping the protests than stopping the abuses that sparked them.
From Trans Rights to Black Lives Matter, Trump Supporters Are Outnumbered
Is the tide definitively turning against Trump supporters?
We Are Witnessing an Uprising Against a World Built on Anti-Blackness
This is not a protest about “bad apples” among police, it’s an uprising against a system built on anti-Black violence.
Police Departments Attempt a Charm Offensive Amid Uprisings
Kneeling in “solidarity” with protesters is another attempt by police to gaslight people’s lived experience of policing.
When White People Call the Cops on Black People, They Lay Bare Classic US Racism
The Amy Cooper incident in Central Park is the daily living reality for most Black people in the U.S.
The Movement to Uplift Black Lives and Defund Police Can No Longer Be Ignored
Activists in Minneapolis and mourners in Houston discuss the future of the movement following George Floyd's killing.
Protesters Take to the Streets in Atlanta After Police Kill Rayshard Brooks
The Atlanta police chief resigned after a cop shot and killed Rayshard Brooks, a 27-year-old Black man, on Friday night.