How To Stop The Endemic Problem of Prisoner Abuse in Federal Prisons
Federal prison guards are brutalizing inmates, and too many are turning a blind eye.
Congress has created an average of 50 new crimes per year for the past decade.
Not 50 new laws. Fifty new crimes. That’s criminal.
Black Women Labor Leaders Call for an End to Violence Against Black Youth and Those Who Stand Up for Them
“The crosshairs trained on our children are now turned on us when we stand up to call out injustice in our criminal justice system.”
The Sad Fate of America’s Whistleblowers
History may smile on these guardians of the public trust, but during their lifetimes they remain outcasts.
Pope Francis and the Pain of Prisoners
The pontiff had compassionate words for the incarcerated. Will that message be heard by those paid to oversee their safety and security?
The Assassination of Sandra Bland and the Struggle Against State Repression
Bland’s death drives home the ever present dangers of being black in a culture of normalized anti-blackness.
Book Event: Writing on the Wall; Selected Prison Writings of Mumia Abu-Jamal
A Politics and Prose DC book launch with a conversation between IPS’ and WPFW’s Netfa Freeman and the book’s editor and close friend of Mumia, Johanna Fernández who is a Baruch College Professor, former Fulbright Scholar, and a coordinator of the Campaign to Bring Mumia Home.
Film: Hands Up Don’t Shoot Our Youth Movement
A screening followed by a bridge building discussion with filmmaker Ralph L. Crowder III and with a live Hip Hop performance by Son of Nun.
The 1.5 Million Man March
China has its vanishing girls. North Korea has its disappeared prisoners. And America has a generation of missing, jailed, and dead black men.
The Language of the Unheard
The protesters in Baltimore need to be heard. Are we listening?
Baltimore and the Human Right to Resistance
Violence is structured into the everyday institutional practices of all oppressive societies, not simply an aspect of the resistance of the oppressed.
Why We Need $50,000 Traffic Tickets
Let’s make sure our penalties amount to penalties for everyone.
Guilty of Being Poor
When a community issues arrest warrants for more offenses than it has residents, something’s deeply wrong.
The Poor Get Prison: The Alarming Spread of the Criminalization of Poverty
This report provides a new understanding of the growing ways in which those in poverty are disproportionately targeted, marginalized, and prosecuted.
White Solidarity for Black Liberation: A Skill Building Event
A space for people engaged in ongoing racial justice transformation to connect with each other and build.