Author and professor Alex Vitale talks about police abolition, minimizing harm, and imagining a radically different society.
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Posted inPolitics
Democrats Have a Blue Lives Matter Problem
Why did House Dems back a ‘Blue Lives Matter’ pro-police bill sponsored by leading VP candidate Val Demings in 2018?
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Virus of Frank Rizzo
Tossing the statue of Philadelphia’s former mayor and police chief into a warehouse won’t change the police culture in the country’s sixth-largest city.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The NYC Curfew Is a Disgrace the NYPD Is Happy to Exploit
There is no curfew in the city, just a blanket justification for cops to act however they want when the sun goes down.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
A Journalist Marked by Police Violence
Linda Tirado, partially blinded by a rubber bullet in Minneapolis protests, remains an important voice against social and economic injustice in America.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Beyond Justice: A Talk With Black Lives Matter’s Melina Abdullah
A co-founder of the activist organization’s Los Angeles chapter explains the distance between Trayvon Martin and George Floyd.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Verizon and AT&T Partner With Pro–Police Militarization Lobbying Group
The National Sheriffs’ Association, which counts the telco giants as ‘platinum partners,’ lobbies Congress to make the Defense Department’s 1033 military equipment transfer program permanent.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Defund Our Punishment Bureaucracy
Alternatives to militarized policing and community trauma exist, and in a time of severe pressure on state and local budgets, they must be adopted.
