Truthout
Police Brutality
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Police Brutality: “The Violence Is Not New, It’s the Cameras That Are New”
“It's the cameras that are new. It's not the violence that's new.”
Justice for Samuel Harrell: Prosecute the “Beat Up Squad” at the Fishkill Prison
A horrifying murder was committed four months ago and despite the killers being known, not a single thing has happened to them.
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Summer
Building Community Safety: Practical Steps Toward Liberatory Transformation
Ejeris Dixon speaks to the need to address violence without relying on the criminal legal system.
Black Prisoners’ Lives Matter: The Dallas 6 Blow the Whistle on the Inside
The Dallas 6 is a group of jailhouse lawyers, beaten and charged with rioting after exposing brutality inside their prison. Three of the Dallas 6 stand trial Monday.
ACLU of Illinois Sells Out Chicago’s Black Youth
Young Black organizers cry foul as the ACLU of Illinois makes a stop-and-frisk deal with the city of Chicago.
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Involved
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Mumia Abu-Jamal on the Meaning of Ferguson
Ferguson is a wake-up call to build social, radical, revolutionary movements for change.
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Sandra Bland Was Killed for Standing Up to State Power
We interrupt our summer break to #SayHerName and to honor #SandraBland.
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We Gon’ Be Alright: Black Love, Black Resistance and Black Liberation
At this month's convening of the Movement for Black Lives in Cleveland, we experienced the power of Black people coming together.