Derek Chauvin’s Guilty Verdict Won’t End Police Violence
Individualizing the system by blaming these actions on a single bad cop like Derek Chauvin misses the point entirely. Getting one violent police officer off the streets doesn’t do anything to stop police violence because policing is violent. CW: policing, murder,
Abolition Now: Black and Brown Children Will Never Be Protected By The State
The police don’t need any help demonizing Black and brown children. Society and the state treat them as older than they are, dangerous, irredeemable, and disposable. CW: policing, state violence, murder of Black and brown people, racism On March 29, police chased
Black Lives Still Matter to NBA Players Even If The League Doesn’t Think So
What has been obscured by statements about NBA progressivity is the fact that players, and not the league itself, are leading the resistance. This essay discusses state-sanctioned violence and Black death By Aja Witt Positioned at the intersection of a global pandemic, a
Ending Anti-Asian Violence Requires Eliminating Anti-Blackness and Carcerality
Much of the conversation and advocacy surrounding anti-Asian racism has failed to connect it with anti-Blackness, and has itself been mired in carceral and anti-Black thinking. By Jordana Allen-Shim Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, there has been a massive spike in documented
The Institutionalized Repression Of Queer And Transgender Rights in Ghana
The absence of media reporting on violence against queer and transgender Ghanaians dismisses the realities of harm that the community experiences and sustains a narrative that we are not human. By Anima Adjepong Ghana prides itself on being one of the friendliest