We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass ...

A new vision for justice. DJDS’ vision is based on principles of abolition and what’s called “restorative justice.” This movement aims to replace punitive structures (e.g., prisons and ...

Abolition is something we’re living now and working on.” Kaba has cofounded multiple other organizations and projects over the years including We Charge Genocide , the Chicago Freedom School , the ...

When it comes to abolitionist history, prophetic imagery abounds. However, in Bearing Witness: What the Church Can Learn from Early Abolitionists, Daniel Lee Hill strikes a different chord.

Abolitionist spirituality also invites us to repair the material and psychic harms inflicted on unprotected racial communities, acknowledging the psychological violence of what I call plantation ...

Prison abolitionists are confronting questions of harm, crime, punishment, and justice, and transformative solutions that move beyond the status quo.

As prison abolitionist Ruth Wilson Gilmore explains, criminal justice reforms should “unravel rather than widen the net of social control through criminalization.” In the household debt context, ...

Second, a call for police transformation after abolition undermines the purposes of abolition. The call tethers accountability to police review boards, task forces, and pleas to value black lives.

Abolitionist groups began cropping up over a decade ago. Hunter founded his first organization in 2011, eventually landing on the name Free The States — referencing demands that states ban ...

The statue, called “abolition”, has been added to the permanent collection at Leicester Museum. Ellis Maddison. BBC News, Leicester. Published. 17 August 2024.