So You’re Thinking About Becoming an AbolitionistYes, an alternative is possible. Here’s a roadmap.Mariame Kaba·Added Oct 30, 2020·6 min readMariame Kaba·Added Oct 30, 2020·6 min read
Your #AbolitionForThePeople Resource GuideA toolkit for the path forwardKaepernick Publishing·Added Oct 30, 2020·4 min readKaepernick Publishing·Added Oct 30, 2020·4 min read
What Is and What Could Be: The Policies of AbolitionFrom state-level coalitions to sweeping federal mandates, imagining the future means spending money in the right places.Dan Berger·Added Oct 29, 2020·7 min readDan Berger·Added Oct 29, 2020·7 min read
We Can Dismantle the System at the Polls TooVoting out those who perpetuate harm is a key part of abolitionRukia Lumumba·Added Oct 28, 2020·6 min readRukia Lumumba·Added Oct 28, 2020·6 min read
Creating Solutions Is About Answering Questions Prisons Never AskedI was 19 when I went to prison, but prison isn’t what healed meMarlon Peterson·Added Oct 27, 2020·6 min readMarlon Peterson·Added Oct 27, 2020·6 min read
Building a World Where Breonna Taylor Could LiveVictory will not be achieved through prosecutions, but through transforming the conditions of violenceAndrea J Ritchie·Added Oct 27, 2020·11 min readAndrea J Ritchie·Added Oct 27, 2020·11 min read
What Abolition Looks Like, From the Panthers to the PeopleCalls to defund prisons and policing is neither new nor hopelessly utopianRobin D. G. Kelley·Added Oct 26, 2020·8 min readRobin D. G. Kelley·Added Oct 26, 2020·8 min read
From One Struggle to Another: Lessons From the First Abolition MovementWhen people came together in the 19th century to oppose the expanding slave system, they were considered an aberration — but the course…Mumia Abu-Jamal·Added Oct 26, 2020·7 min readMumia Abu-Jamal·Added Oct 26, 2020·7 min read
The Shiny, High-Tech Wolf in Sheep’s ClothingFar from loosening incarceration’s grip, modern tools like predictive policing and tracking apps have instead deepened the carceral state…Ruha Benjamin·Added Oct 23, 2020·6 min readRuha Benjamin·Added Oct 23, 2020·6 min read
Black Cops Don’t Make Policing Any Less Anti-BlackThe idea that we can resolve racism by integrating a fundamentally anti-Black institution in the U.S. is the most absurd notion of allBree Newsome Bass·Added Oct 22, 2020·9 min readBree Newsome Bass·Added Oct 22, 2020·9 min read