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What If Regular People Could Decide How Cities Spent Their Money?
Organizers in St. Louis, L.A., and beyond are trying to make that happen.
By Jacqui Germain
This Organization Is Fighting to Get Cops Out of Libraries
“Their presence does not make people feel safe.”
By Mary Retta
The Case for Open Borders
Borders “are a direct result of colonialism and maintain a neo-colonial worldview.”
By Will Meyer
Hate-Crime Laws Won’t End Anti-Asian Violence
More criminalization isn’t the answer.
By Jason Wu and James McMaster
Derek Chauvin’s Conviction Didn’t Feel Like Justice Because It Wasn’t
One police officer being held accountable for murder isn’t nearly enough.
By Jameelah Nasheed
Abolishing the Police Is a Years-Long Fight
Author and abolitionist Mariame Kaba spoke to Teen Vogue about her life's work.
By Kandist Mallett
A Brief History of Policing in the United States
“Police departments are descendants of U.S. chattel slavery.”
By Olga M. Segura
Mckayla Wilkes Is Taking on One of Congress’s Most Powerful Dems — Again
The 30-year-old candidate is just getting started.
By Jameelah Nasheed
Prisons Don’t Actually Make Us Safer
Victoria Law dismantles myths about mass incarceration in her new book.
By Vikki Law
In 2020, Young People Embarked on Their Own Political Education
"The way that the U.S. teaches history and civics completely chops up the truth.”
By Mary Retta
The Case for Abolishing the Department of Homeland Security
The agency poses a grave threat to our civil liberties and operates with near impunity.
By Shiyam Galyon and Laïssa Alexis
Swapping Police for Social Workers Could Still Lead to Locking Up Mentally Ill People
Conversations about defunding police miss how our mental health infrastructure can mirror the prison system.
By Tyra Bosnic
Mayors, We Want More Than Black Lives Matter Murals
Defunding the police means defunding the police.
By Greyson Van Arsdale
Candidates Have to Turn Down Police Union Donations
Law enforcement associations get the policies they pay for.
By Jackie Fielder
Abolition Can Keep Us Safe
Defunding the police is just the beginning.
By Leila Raven, Mon Mohapatra, and Rachel Kuo
Abolishing Police Could Actually Help Sexual Assault Survivors
Without police, what do we do about the rapists and abusers? Here's the answer.
By Cassandra Mensah
Did Lincoln Actually Set Out to Free Enslaved People?
OG History is here to explain what you thought you knew about the Civil War.
By Adam Sanchez