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A New Podcast Aims to Shift the Narrative on Police Abolition by Centering Movement Voices
The podcast, produced by the Detroit Justice Center, highlights how organizers are engaged in the hard work of abolishing police and prisons, and offers a counter-narrative to mainstream media reports.
Sonali Kolhatkar | Nov 16, 2021
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Protesters Grieve and Demand Justice for Breonna Taylor After Indictment
A grand jury indicted one former Louisville police officer involved in the raid that killed Breonna Taylor鈥攂ut not for her death.
Sunnivie Brydum & Ayu Sutriasa | Sep 24, 2020
Democracy
The U.S. Constitution Was Meant to Be a Work in Progress
Author and legal scholar Elie Mystal鈥檚 first book argues that the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights are deeply flawed, but that it鈥檚 still possible to use them to protect the rights of women and people of color.
Sonali Kolhatkar | Mar 01, 2022
Democracy
1 in 11 U.S. Gun Deaths Is at the Hands of Police. How Do We Stop the Killing?
The documentary film 鈥淧eace Officer鈥� explains the connection between the war on drugs and the militarization of police, and what it will take to reduce police violence in America.
Arun Gupta | Apr 04, 2016
Democracy
Why Police From 7 Different States Invaded a Standing Rock Camp鈥攁nd Other Questions
To clear the way for a pipeline, North Dakota invoked a measure reserved for state emergencies like natural disasters. That鈥檚 one answer.
Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz | Oct 31, 2016
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Why Fatal Police Interactions Are Avoidable
Police too often claim that confusion during an encounter caused them to fire fatal shots, as in the case of Patrick Lyoya. But there are solutions.
Lise Ragbir | May 05, 2022
Democracy
The Capitol Insurrection and White Supremacist Infiltration of US Police
There is a long history of racism in U.S. policing. For all Americans to be truly safe, it is important to weed out White supremacy, especially in the institution sworn to protect us all.
Vida Johnson | Jan 19, 2021
Democracy
A Tough Choice for Feminist Black Lives Matter Activists
Protesting a police killing and marching in support of a man convicted of rape can pose a real dilemma when one in five women nationwide has suffered a sexual assault.
Marcus Harrison Green | Jun 27, 2016
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Becoming Abolitionist: A Lawyer鈥檚 Radical Vision
鈥淭he only way that we are going to get people to have a decent, equitable future is to completely re-envision this entire rubric that is suffocating and killing our people,鈥� says lawyer Noelle Hanrahan.
Sonali Kolhatkar | Jul 18, 2023
Democracy
Reality Check: More Police Officers Don鈥檛 Equal Safer Neighborhoods
Earlier this year, activists launched a campaign called Freedom Cities to protect and uplift all people of color. (And, no, it doesn't include more police.)
Zenobia Jeffries Warfield | Jul 04, 2017
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Rebellions Work
We all stand on the shoulders of those who came before us.
Jamon Jordan | Aug 26, 2020
Democracy
Can Elections Still Help Defund Police?
Efforts to invest in 鈥渃are, not cops鈥� continue in advance of the 2024 election鈥攁lbeit at a slower pace than in 2020.
Marianne Dhenin | Jun 20, 2024
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Videos of Black People鈥檚 Killings Are Sacred鈥擲o Stop Sharing Them
Cellphone videos of vigilante violence and fatal police encounters should be viewed with the solemn reserve of lynching photographs.
Allissa V. Richardson | Jun 01, 2020
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Research Shows Entire Black Communities Suffer Trauma After Police Shootings
Police killings of unarmed African Americans have created a mental health crisis of enormous proportions.
Tasha Williams | Aug 03, 2018
Democracy
How We Report on Structural Racism Can Hurt Us鈥攐r Heal Us
Too many headlines and stories right now are contributing to a polarized society, but media could instead play an important role in revealing our shared humanity.