History is shaped by actors great and small. When most Americans hear about the destruction of slavery during the Civil War, they think of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. But on ...
We are living in revolutionary times. The ground is shifting beneath us every day. We are seeing a radical shift in our collective consciousness about ideas pertaining to abolition and defunding the ...
This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. The following is an edited excerpt from the book “No More ...
Police and students clash at the City College of New York, 1969. (Bettmann) In the nearly two years since the murder of George Floyd, our country has seen a renaissance of writing and organizing ...
Long before becoming a published writer, Mariame Kaba had already left an imprint on contemporary prison abolitionist thought. Raised in New York by a father who was a former Guinean independence ...
Every product on this page was chosen by a Harper's BAZAAR editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. On May 25, 2020, Minneapolis police killed George Floyd, igniting a ...
UNESCO has chosen Aug. 23 to commemorate the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition, but the historical significance of that day may escape many. On the night that ...
A world without incarceration and police may seem a long way off, but there are plenty of things we can change on the way to building a safer world. Amy Hall examines some of them. Poverty, inequality ...
Who was Frederick Douglass? You can read more about his life below On 23 August 1791, an uprising happened in the country of St Domingue (today Haiti) that played a crucial role in the abolition of ...
On a wet October evening, activists from across London gathered at the Crown and Anchor Tavern on the Strand. They discussed their campaign to abolish the police, an institution they considered ...
Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Design by Sarah Chung. Buy this photo. Abolition is also not focused on the punishment of ...
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