Interview | Culture & Media Once a Fugitive, Attorney for Black Panther Member Recounts His Life Underground Radical attorney Stephen Bingham discusses Black Panther George Jackson, living underground in Europe and filmmaking. By Ed Rampell , Truthout March 10, 2024 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Prison Closure Divides Abolitionist Community in Washington State Activists are conflicted about whether the move is a win for incarcerated people and allies — or for the carceral state. By Raymond Williams , Shadowproof December 30, 2023 Truthout
Excerpt | Prisons & Policing “Abolition Cannot Wait”: Exonerated Author Outlines Human Cost of Incarceration If people were aware of what was being done in the name of justice, in their name, they wouldn’t sit or stand for it. By Lacino Hamilton & Lisa Kloskin , Truthout/BroadleafBooks August 29, 2023 Truthout
News | Economy & Labor Despite Broken Promises From Politicians, Sex Workers Continue to Organize Sex workers have been failed by electoral politics. Many are turning to harm reduction and mutual aid instead. By Adrie Rose , Prism July 17, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Prisons Aim to Stifle Creativity. Here’s a Book That Pushes Back. "The Sentences That Create Us" is a how-to-write manual pitched perfectly for incarcerated people who want to write. By James Kilgore & Brian Dolinar , Truthout March 15, 2022 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing The Chauvin Trial Matters, But Real Victory Would Mean Divestment From Policing UCLA historian and author Robin D.G. Kelley says a guilty verdict alone would not represent justice for George Floyd. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! March 29, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Culture & Media Faith Communities Must Stop Funding Programs That Reinforce Mass Incarceration Faith communities must make a choice between reinforcing the carceral state or resisting it. By Jason Lydon , Truthout March 28, 2021 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing To Decolonize Indigenous Lands, We Must Also Abolish Police and Prisons Abolishing the systems and institutions that propagate white supremacy is an important step toward decolonization. By Charles Sepulveda , Truthout October 13, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Environment & Health “Don’t Fear the Virus” Is Genocidal Rhetoric. We Mourn in Rebellion. Migrant children and others caged in the path of COVID-19 will not be flown to Walter Reed. By Kelly Hayes , Truthout October 7, 2020 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Prosecutors Have No Place in Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commissions Prosecutors are part of the prison-industrial complex, which has no place in a community-led quest for reparations. By Elias Rodriques , Melonie Griffiths , Ralowe Ampu , Truthout August 22, 2020 Truthout