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Stopping Cop City means committing to a world without police

Reina Sultan
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We can’t allow oppressive systems to co-opt abolitionist language

Tamar Sarai
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The fight to Stop Cop City has decades-old roots

Micah Herskind
The fight to Stop Cop City has decades-old roots

Journalists play a crucial role in the fight for prison and police abolition

Tina Vásquez
color photograph of an outdoor protest at night. close-up shot of someone holding a cardboard sign that says "abolish police"

Hostility to children in the US helps maintain an unjust status quo

Vilissa Thompson
Disabled boy wearing face mask writing while sitting on his wheelchair in class

What good are HBCUs if they mirror the anti-Blackness of the US?

Patrick Darrington
color photograph of Dr. David Thomas, president of Morehouse College, standing outside at a podium in front of an american fl

School lunch debt blames children for systemic failures

Maurice Weeks
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The movement for media reparations must include the entertainment industry

Tamar Sarai
The movement for media reparations must include the entertainment industry

Police killings are public executions

William C. Anderson
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Reimagining the university through an abolitionist lens

Khirad Siddiqui
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The racist criminal legal system won’t save Asian Americans from gun violence

Michi Trota
The racist criminal legal system won't save Asian Americans from gun violence

HarperCollins workers have been on strike for over 50 days. Here’s how you can help

Rye White
HarperCollins workers have been on strike for over 50 days. Here’s how you can help