Supporters of Native American activist Leonard Peltier rallied in Washington, D.C. to demand President Biden grant clemency to the long-held prisoner. 

Success Stories helps incarcerated men discover how to live more fully by rejecting patriarchal values and toxic masculinity.

At Washington’s Stafford Creek Corrections Center, a group of incarcerated organizers have built community with local youths to fight for sentencing reforms, grappling with what it means to organize through an abolitionist lens from inside.

With right-wing mass shootings on the rise, increased surveillance represents a double-edged sword for communities of color most often targeted by such programs.

Many areas affected by the 2021 heatwaves had cooling shelters available, including in public spaces like libraries. But advocates argue that this is not enough.

Three drugs are approved by the FDA for opioid use disorder yet are treated as dangerous contraband in most jails and prisons. (NC Dept of Public Safety on Flickr)

The song is about reclamation in the face of “fading memories,” “fleeting stories,” and “disappearing words.” Even though there may be efforts to whitewash history, Aysanabee defiantly declares that “it’s in my blood.”

Three years before WikiLeaks made it possible for the public to watch this video, Dean Yates, Reuters bureau chief in Iraq, learned of its existence. Yates testified about the impact of the video at the Belmarsh Tribunal in Sydney, Australia on March 4, 2023.

Daniel has spent many decades sharing not only his experiences as a Nixon-era whistleblower but also showing support for fellow whistleblowers, who have faced similar attacks. He testified at the extradition trial against Assange in the United Kingdom in September 2020.

In a word, the ongoing union organizing drive that has swept the coffee giant Starbucks can be described as ‘unprecedented.’

R&B singer Macy Gray and her backing group covered Ice T’s protest song, “Cop Killer,” which was boycotted in 1992 after it was released.

Furthering efforts to block access to transgender care, Missouri Republicans have weaponized “whistleblower” allegations against a clinic

Fucked Up’s “Found” chronicles how Indigenous people have been displaced and murdered to build “temples of police and landlords.”

What do we do if the lights go out in our community? Margaret Killjoy says the answer is simple. The Left must embrace preparedness culture.

“I couldn’t resist!!!” That’s the last line of a particularly racist email sent by Leyden, Massachusetts Police Chief Daniel Galvis to town officials and fellow officers on March 8, 2016. The email, a chain forward called “FW: How Is Tarzan Doing?” ends with the noble savage telling a nameless third

Adamu Chan remembers how it felt to be trapped in San Quentin as COVID-19 spread and how #StopSanQuentinOutbreak helped him get free.

New York City implemented a police surveillance transparency law, but activists are divided on if it helps or hurts their cause.

Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, jailhouse lawyers have struggled for safety measures, and against restrictions on privileges and mobility.

Bronx residents welcome the closure of Rikers but are worried plans for new jails will compromise dreams for truly community-created spaces.

Abolitionist organizers are building global solidarity, navigating a wide range of challenges from language to selective anti-imperialism.

As Georgia moves into the next phase of the pandemic, it is becoming clear that the state’s incarcerated population has actually increased despite releases spurred by COVID-19. While state prison officials tout a “new vision” for parole released just earlier this year, underneath it all exists an arbitrary and unfair

Down Home is organizing an anti-jail movement in a seemingly unlikely place: rural and conservative North Carolina.

In California, survivors of forced sterilizations in women’s prisons fight for reparations after a century of reproductive violence.