Watching disappearances in our community leaves psychological trauma, but we can counter it with our solidarity.| Articles – Truthout
As we follow the camera’s quiet, careful study, we observe—as Fred Moten reflects—that the slave ship also contains the means of its own undoing. The post “Radical Powers of Metamorphosis”: On Global Black Cinema appeared first on Public Books.| Public Books
We are excited to announce that Shantel A. George’s first book The Yoruba Are on a Rock: Recaptured Africans and the Orisas of Grenada is now available at Cambridge University Press. Congratulations, Shantel! [See brief description and chapter titles below.] Description: The Yoruba Are on a Rock focuses on the Africans who arrived in Grenada decades after the […]| Repeating Islands
Having survived the most restrictive supermax prison in the country on a trumped-up charge, Eric King tells what he saw.| Articles – Truthout
One hundred and sixty-six years ago this weekend, abolitionist John Brown led a small band of 18 men to the federal arsenal town of Harpers Ferry at the confluence of…| Eugene L. Meyer
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I have always had a strong personality and for much of my professional life, I took that to mean that I can be a “good leader.”| Quest for Meaning
Slavery was abolished in New York in 1827. Prior to that, the Dyckmans, Nagles, and other Uptown Manhattan families, made use of enslaved labor. The post Uptown’s Forgotten Slave Cemetery appeared first on | My Inwood.| | My Inwood
Idaho has one of the most comprehensive abortion laws in the United States, effectively banning the procedure at all stages of pregnancy with narrow exceptions. The state's framework consists of multiple overlapping statutes, primarily enacted or triggered after the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which overturned Roe v. […]| Idaho Freedom
by William Trollinger Below is an excerpt of an essay of mine that was published in the Summer, 2025 issue of New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, an issue which is devoted to white C…| Righting America
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“Securing the first permanent, universal, and immediate abolition of slavery was Jean-Jacques Dessalines’s greatest success and is his legacy.”| Public Books
There is little recourse when a visa application is denied because of a criminal background. In order to overhaul the U.S. immigration system, it is vital for the country to nix the idea of criminality altogether.| YES! Magazine
After a failed War on Drugs, Échele Cabeza is working to protect drug consumers rather than penalize them.| YES! Magazine
The Appalachian Rekindling Project purchased land in Kentucky that was designated for a federal prison.| YES! Magazine
Rapid response offers a model of defense grounded in a refusal to let immigrants face harm alone.| YES! Magazine
When people's needs are met, there is less violence—and less need for policing and prisons.| YES! Magazine
Lest We Forget! The slogan, invoked by unreconstructed rebel defenders of “the lost cause,” referring to the defeat of the Confederacy by the Union 160 years ago, has suddenly taken…| Eugene L. Meyer
The Policing, Policy, and Philosophy Initiative (3PI) will host its second symposium on May 30, 2025. This virtual symposium will feature research at the intersection of policing and philosophy, wi…| BIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
Alexandria, VA, January 9, 2025—The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is pleased to announce the publication of Archivist Actions, Abolitionist Futures: Reimagining Archival Practice Against Incarceration, edited by Alison Clemens and Jessica Farrell. This report is the latest addition to CLIR’s Pocket Burgundy series, which features concise publications on critical topics relevant Read More The post CLIR Releases New Report in Pocket Burgundy Series—Archivist Actions,...| CLIR
Today, the President of Zimbabwe has signed the Death Penalty Abolition Act (2024), removing the death penalty in law, following approval by the Senate of the Bill introducing abolition.| The Death Penalty Project
→ APPLY HERE Now Recruiting Court Outreach Team Members! LA DEFENSA MISSION La Defensa is leading the movement to decarcerate the largest jail population in the United States–the LA County jail system. We’re working to reduce the power and scope of the judiciary, law enforcement, and the legal injustice system. We’re also fighting for a […] The post RMJ Court Outreach Team Member appeared first on La Defensa.| La Defensa
The Appeal spoke with Robert Saleem Holbrook about the long-standing solidarity among liberation movements for Black Americans and Palestine.| theappeal.org
In this excerpt formerly incarcerated writer James Kilgore denounces the growing use of e-carceration technologies like ankle monitors.| theappeal.org
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