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

In the spirit of Frederick Douglass’ historic speech, 20 currently and formerly incarcerated Americans explain what Independence Day means to them.

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.

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 ...

Abolitionists want women prosecuted for sidestepping state abortion bans by ordering the pills online. In a recent YouTube video, Oklahoma-based abolitionist leader T. Russell Hunter filmed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Rasheed’s proposal for the public art installation was shrouded in controversy from the get-go, with community members accusing the city’s Economic Development Corporation and Public Design Commission ...

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

Abolitionists, however, are more likely to see them as perpetrators, along with the abortionists who perform the procedures. Some abolitionists also reject humane exceptions, ...

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.