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A National Abolitionist Victory for Public Health!

Critical Resistance Critical Resistance
banner and demonstrators for end of police violence
"The passage of this statement and the recognition of policing as violence is a huge victory against racism and classism in this professional field. Our goal is for this work to be used to further organizing, research, and education..."

The Election Within the Election

Kurt Stand The Stansbury Forum
Only by firmly linking democracy and civil liberties to concrete programs of social and economic justice can working-class unity be built.

US Commission on Civil Rights Report on Police Force

US Commission on Civil Rights US Commission on Civil Rights
The best available evidence reflects high rates of uses of force nationally, with increased likelihood of police use of force against people of color, people with disabilities, LGBT people, people with mental health concerns, people with low incomes,

The New Face of Power Is Taking Shape

Rebecca Traister The Cut
Tuesday’s results were perfectly coherent, a fight over two concepts central to our nation’s origins, its progress, and its future: the promises of and restrictions on political representation and political enfranchisement.