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Tireless Community Organizing by Black Parents Removed Cops From Oakland Schools
Children thrive when we center violence prevention and co-create learning environments that welcome the whole person.
Our Gaza Encampments May Fall, But They’ve Already Radicalized a Generation
Many of the Gaza solidarity encampments have now been destroyed by police. How do we make sense of their legacy?
Groups Bring Tortuguita’s Killing to International Human Rights Commission
Activists hope the petition will debunk police narratives and join the international record of human rights violations.
With New Lawsuit, Lawyers Suspect Police Cover-Up in Death of Daniel Barajas
Key details surrounding Daniel Barajas’s death are missing from police reports, civil rights attorneys say.
Multi-Agency Task Force Raids 3 Atlanta Homes, Arrests 1 Amid Cop City Crackdown
The Atlanta police chief said that there will likely be more arrests in coming weeks as the investigation continues.
Florida Advances Legislation That Would Quash Police Oversight Boards
Despite having no legal power in the state, these oversight committees’ impacts have already been felt.
Keeley Schenwar Memorial Essay Prize
The annual prize is awarded to two writers who are currently or formerly incarcerated.
Tennessee Quietly Rolls Out Its Own 810-Acre “Cop City”
“It seemed like they were purposefully not saying much about it, trying to keep it hush hush,” said one organizer.
Stop Cop City Activists Plan Mass Return to Weelaunee Forest
The mass mobilization against the military-style 85-acre police training facility will take place November 10-13.
Police Killings of Black and Brown People in US May Be Double Previous Estimates
The Raza Database Project merged data sets from independent research projects to determine the victims’ ethnicities.