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Can Elections Still Help Defund Police?

Efforts to invest in 鈥渃are, not cops鈥� continue in advance of the 2024 election鈥攁lbeit at a slower pace than in 2020.

Marianne Dhenin | Jun 20, 2024

Black Americans Back Defunding Police

A new survey by the Movement for Black Lives finds that a majority of Black Americans support reallocating police funding toward community care.

| Dec 13, 2023

When Mental Health Crisis Responders Reach Rural Residents

Rural communities from Iowa to South Dakota to Colorado are rethinking who they send as first responders to help those in a mental health crisis.

Arielle Zionts, Tony Leys | Oct 25, 2022

An Abolitionist Makes a Case for 鈥淣o 无码视频 Police鈥�

The demand to 鈥渄efund the police鈥� asks politicians to go beyond platitudes and actually end the violence of policing, shifting resources in ways that promote the redistribution of wealth.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Oct 3, 2022

Murmurations: Realizing Our Abolitionist Dreams

Unlearning our punitive impulses will take slow, hard work, says adrienne maree brown. But it is possible.

adrienne maree brown | Mar 29, 2022

Abolition Through the Ages: Reform Versus Transformation, Then and Now

Just as slavery couldn鈥檛 be reformed and had to be ended, policing can鈥檛 be reformed and has to be abolished, say leaders of modern-day abolitionist movements.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Nov 15, 2021

Opinion | Crime | Anti-Violence | Gun Violence

How to Prevent Crime Without Relying on Police

Crime is rising in America. But rather than rely on the knee-jerk response of increased policing, one violence-prevention expert offers his solutions on using a justice-lens to reduce crime.

Luis J. Rodriguez | Aug 20, 2021

Reimagining a Better World After George Floyd鈥檚 Death

This special audio report from YES! and Public News Service explores the ways communities affected by police violence are organizing to keep each other safe, in Minneapolis and beyond.

Anoa Changa, Laura Rosbrow-Telem | May 24, 2021

What Comes Next for Portland鈥檚 Protests?

After more than 100 days of continual demonstrations, protesters in Portland are looking to the future鈥攁nd each other鈥攆or ways to sustain their movement for Black lives.

Isabella Garcia | Dec 9, 2020

How Portland Protesters Keep Each Other Safe

鈥淧rotesting ultimately isn鈥檛 safe and we鈥檙e not trying to say that it is,鈥� says one Portland street medic. 鈥淏ut that doesn鈥檛 mean we can鈥檛 take care of each other.鈥�

Isabella Garcia | Dec 9, 2020

Inside Portland鈥檚 Autonomous Protest Movement

Portland, Oregon鈥檚 five months of ongoing protests in support of Black lives are sustained by a vast, multifaceted, and ever-evolving network of activists, organizers, and mutual aid.

Isabella Garcia | Dec 9, 2020

Opinion | Labor Movement | Police Brutality | Police Unions

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