Let’s amplify the efforts already in progress to demolish the prison industrial complex and move toward liberation.

Some say their roles are already too close to those of law enforcement and are organizing for a radical rethinking of the profession.

Right-wing groups are trying to stop public and school libraries from promoting racial justice and queer acceptance.

We must dismantle systems of advocacy that rank marginalized people and tie people’s value to their labor productivity.

The rules would increase surveillance of incarcerated people while also making written communications inaccessible.

If one was paid to design a system that exacerbates trauma for vulnerable women, this would be the ideal model.

Mass migration is an outcome of the crises of capitalism, conquest and climate change, says Harsha Walia.

It’s time to acknowledge we can’t arrest our way out of the overdose crisis.

What it would take to disband the department is unclear. But what is clear is that the department is already seeing a reduced role in the protection of the city.

I asked organizers working to dismantle incarceration what is giving them hope for 2023. Here’s what they shared.

This summer is among the hottest on record, but many people in U.S. prisons can’t access even basic ways to cool down.

The spread of COVID-19 threatens the lives of more than 2.3 million people locked up in prisons and jails throughout the United States. We look at how the call to release prisoners during the...

Chris Hayes speaks with prison abolitionist Mariame Kaba about what it would take to dismantle the current "criminal punishment system."

After the murder of Jordan Neely, NYC’s mayor doubled down on his plan to disappear those who “appear mentally ill.”…

A new book coauthored by the four abolitionists emphasizes the grassroots and internationalist nature of the movement.

The annual prize is awarded to two writers who are currently or formerly incarcerated.

Policing is the violent maintenance of inequality.

When the pandemic ends, thousands in home confinement will be recalled unless Congress acts or Biden issues mass commutations.

The state sees me as disposable. But I don’t think of myself as garbage, and I don't want to die.

GOP lawmakers are taking advantage of white supremacist violence to criminalize racial and climate justice protests.

Sex workers have kept each other safe outside the purview of the state for decades, and probably centuries.

We must fight militarism and oppression abroad as fiercely as we do at home.

In a new book, neuroscientist Carl Hart shares stories of his own drug use to break down the stigma.

As the U.S. marks 50 years since President Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs on June 17, 1971, we speak with journalist Maya Schenwar, editor-in-chief of the news website Truthout, whose sister...

This is about far more than access to goods and services; it’s about a new conception of community and social relations.

The annual prize is awarded to two writers who are currently or formerly incarcerated.

What is the reality of policing in the United States? Do the police keep anyone safe and secure other than the very wealthy? How do recent police killings of young black people in the United States...

Biden’s plans contain provisions that would endanger people who use drugs and perpetuate their criminalization.

As political norms crumble around us, the stakes of our struggle become clear, and new changes become imaginable.

Prison separates parents from their newborns and makes breastfeeding impossible. This cruelty must end.

Under a reparations framework Breonna’s family - and all of us - are also entitled to more than an individualized response to what is a systemic problem.

A 6-year-old child dreams of the day her incarcerated father will come home.

Who is Bill Clinton to weigh in on whether or not civil rights organizer Kwame Ture went "too far"?

To create a world without prisons and policing, we must first push past the ceiling oppression puts on our imagination.

Minneapolis is creating a police-free future in real time.

What is the reality of policing in the United States? Do the police keep anyone safe and secure other than the very wealthy? How do recent police killings of young black people in the United States...

We can’t look away from Israel’s genocidal violence against Palestinians — or the movement for a free Palestine.

Police still get to define who counts as a community member.

A discussion on abolishing the police and policing with Mariame Kaba, Maya Schenwar, and Victoria Law.

From New York Times Bestselling Author Mariame Kaba, a poignant, beautifully illustrated story of a little girl’s worries when her Mama goes to jail, and the love that bridges the distance between...

Investigative reporting about corporate malfeasance and government wrongdoing, analysis of national and world affairs, and cultural criticism that matters.

Ending the overdose crisis will require full drug legalization — so people can access a safe supply, with accurate information about the dosage.

Opponents of the proposed women's facility in Harlem affirm “there is no such thing as a feminist jail.”…