Just as slavery couldn’t be reformed and had to be ended, policing can’t be reformed and has to be abolished, say leaders of modern-day abolitionist movements. And advocates for abolition literally ...

Northwestern Community Not Cops discussed the differences between police reform and abolition at a Sunday teach-in in collaboration with For Members Only. NUCNC has called for the abolition of ...

In Carceral Con, Kay Whitlock and Nancy A. Heitzeg reject "the popular but erroneous notion that the massive harms and injustices of the criminal legal system can be reformed as a standalone project." ...

Or, at least, that’s what witnesses on the scene describe. His lawyer is preparing another story of a young lad running away from an armed, angry mob. One thing’s for sure, this is all like manna from ...

Colin Kaepernick is an activist and former football player who is known for his kneeling protest against racism and police brutality. Kaepernick Publishing has partnered with LEVEL to publish a new ...

Derecka Purnell draws from her experience as a human rights lawyer in her new book, published this month, “Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom,” to argue that police ...

One of the most persistent myths about the US prison system is that the system of mass incarceration helps deter and change harmful behavior. Yet according to the federal government’s own statistics, ...

Editor's note: A year ago, after the murder of George Floyd, the U.S. exploded with protests bringing attention to the scourge of police violence against African Americans. Initial calls to "defund ...

"My perspective on police and the way they police really bothered me," wrote Jason Rivera, then a probationary officer with the New York City Police Department (NYPD), in November 2020. "As time went ...