During his remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast on 7 February 2019, President Trump said the "abolition of civil rights" was among the "greatest strides" achieved throughout the history of the ...

A still from The Line by Cameron Granger, one of several films that will be screened at the Maysles Documentary Center (courtesy Cameron Granger) "Abolition is building the future from the present, in ...

You’ve probably seen the 8 Can’t Wait campaign’s graphic while scrolling through your Instagram feed. It’s an eminently shareable image that uses succinct icons and a high-contrast color palette to ...

With news that Google has suspended a scientist after they tried to secure legal representation for the rights of a LaMDA artificial intelligence. And it is in this light, oil painter and cartoonist ...

Design by Sarah Chung. Buy this photo. Abolition is also not focused on the punishment of individual police officers and law-enforcement officials, as these calls for indictments and arrests not only ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. The following is an edited excerpt from the book “No More ...

Amid protests for racial equality and police reform, many Americans have called for the dismantling of systemically racist structures within our society. For some, that work begins with defunding (or ...

Some Americans had opposed slavery since colonial times. In 1777, Vermont was the first U.S. territory to ban slavery, and the state of Pennsylvania followed suit in 1780. By 1804, Northern states had ...

In the midst of a pandemic and mass uprisings in defense of Black lives, we have an opportunity to drastically transform the way we live, work, and relate to one another. This moment has created a ...

If 2020 was the first time you heard about abolition, it’s safe to assume that was, in part, because of the celebrated academic and abolitionist Ruth Wilson Gilmore. Maybe it was on the Intercept’s ...