SILENCE = COMPLICITY
Akron City Council voted to hold police officers criminally liable if they if they witness unlawful use of force and do not intervene
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Strangle Hold Is Torture
TAKE A KNEE, MR. PRESIDENT
House speaker Nancy Pelosi and congressional black caucus chairwoman Karen Bass tip-toed around questions about the movement to defund the police. The Justice
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GO BIG OR GO HOME. MINNEAPOLIS GOES BIG!!!
A veto-proof majority of Minneapolis City Council members will announce their commitment to disbanding the city’s embattled police department, which has endured relentless
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THE AUDACITY OF TA-NEHISI COATES
I think one of the mistakes made is to view “rioting” or “uprising” as political strategy. What you often see is this comparison
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GEORGE FLOYD UPRISINGS WORLDWIDE: Be The Change
From Paris to London, Sydney to Tokyo, thousands of protesters got down on one knee to honor George Floyd, during the second weekend
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WHITE AMERICA IS GASLIT BY THE LAW & ORDER LIE
Night after night, Americans peacefully exercising their Constitutionally-Protected rights are being brutalized by police in cities and towns across the country. Millions of
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CHICAGO RALLY TODAY: We Need You There!
Please meet at Union Park. Before COVID, before George Floyd: Mayor Lori Lightfoot has turned a blind eye to violence against Black, Latinx,
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DEFUND THE POLICE: Now Seen As Leverage For Change
The idea of significantly reducing or even eliminating funding for police departments has quickly shifted from a fantasy pushed by activists to a
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PROTESTERS MOURN GEORGE FLOYD NATIONWIDE
Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets around the US today to demand justice for George Floyd and other black Americans
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COVID-19 & THE CRISIS OF INCARCERATION
Good afternoon, my name is Joseph Dole. I am one of the cofounders of Parole Illinois and am currently the Policy Director. Every
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