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Opponents of Bay Area Police Training Center Mobilize for Palestine
Stop Cop City Bay Area organizers say their fight for abolition is intertwined with Palestinian liberation.
Outrage Erupts in Oregon as Democrats Move to Recriminalize Drugs
Opponents say the move is a reaction to visible homelessness and fearmongering “law and order” narratives in the media.
Stop Cop City Takes Fight to Tucson as GA Aims to Expand Domestic Terror Statute
Activists targeted insurers and investors in Tucson as the Georgia legislature and police target organizers in Atlanta.
Chicago Organizers Defeat Police Tech in Ongoing Fight for Community Safety
“We're going to continue to organize,” says Stop ShotSpotter organizer Navi Heer.
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.
Predictive Police Tech Isn’t Making Communities Safer — It’s Disempowering Them
“We haven't seen public safety systems privatized in this way that we're seeing now,” says Andrew Guthrie Ferguson.
Pelosi Wants FBI to Investigate Groups Pushing for Gaza Ceasefire
Critics blasted the call for more surveillance, pointing out more than two-thirds of Americans support a ceasefire.
Teen Charged With Murder After Officer Had Heart Attack While Assaulting Him
18-year-old farmworker Virgilio Aguilar Méndez is being prosecuted despite an autopsy report that exonerates him.
Campaign to Demonize Palestinian Advocacy Shows Cracks at Columbia and in Courts
The double standards have become stark as leaders fail to condemn a chemical attack against a Columbia ceasefire rally.