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 ...

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 ...

Just as slavery couldn’t be reformed and had to be ended, policing can’t be reformed and has to be abolished, say leaders of modern-day abolitionist movements. And advocates for abolition literally ...

Nicole Marroquin’s protest posters are a bit more elaborate than most homemade signs one might spot at a Black Lives Matter demonstration. Rather than recycled cardboards bearing spray-painted slogans ...

Talk of police abolition was everywhere in the summer of 2020, from the chants of crowds protesting the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis to the pages of The New York Times. “We saw a huge swell ...

Editor's note: A year ago, after the murder of George Floyd, the U.S. exploded with protests bringing attention to the scourge of police violence against African Americans. Initial calls to "defund ...

What was your worst relationship like? Mine cost me over $55,000—and taught me important lessons about what it means to be an abolitionist in today’s society. Dre (not his real name) was largely ...

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 ...

A commemoration will take place in Mandela Gardens at Wilberforce House The legacy of the transatlantic slave trade and its abolition will be remembered at events in Hull this weekend. The Lord Mayor, ...