We call on our communities to recognize that abolition is not only about tearing down cages but also about building worlds expansive enough to hold our transitions, our elders, and our descendants. Read more via Scalawag: Cool the Cell, Feed the Spirit: Abolition as Reproductive and Climate Justice.| Scalawag
This is medical neglect—a slow, deliberate act of violence against people the state considers expendable or 'criminal,' exploiting their bodies while letting them suffer or die—whether it takes the shape of forced prison labor or the denial of basic healthcare like menopausal treatment. Read more via Scalawag: The Furnace: Climate, Confinement, and the Cost of Reproductive Aging Behind Bars.| Scalawag
The coercive nature of jobs within the immigrant detention industrial complex—whether at privately-run ICE facilities in economically disinvested areas or with ICE itself—is not so different from the coercion that drives people to join the military. Read more via Scalawag: ICE and the military use the same playbook—exploiting impoverished communities.| Scalawag
The 1955 Bandung conference launched a global non-aligned movement that brought Asian and African nations together. Eighty years later, Indonesia and Africa meet again in a musical phenomenon: Disko Africa.| Global Voices
An interview with Togolese author Sami Tchak, exploring how he defines and shapes his francophone writing in the context of the growing visibility of francophone African literatures.| Global Voices
For Syrians who fled to Sudan seeking safety, the war has reopened old wounds and exposed new gaps in protection.| Global Voices
