Violence 2021 Racism

Addressing white supremacist violence means dismantling the systems that permit it – police and prisons.   The history of policing in America is as riddled with violence as the birth of the...

Black Americans and other people of color must take deep care during this moment in history.   This week we saw numerous images of bitter white men and women forcefully taking  over the...

Surviving a pandemic is almost impossible in a country founded on anti-Blackness.    At 26, I survived COVID-19. It's sobering to think that the virus responsible for bringing the world to...

Reflections from the two-and-a-half-day Square One Project Roundtable in Detroit. I recently had the opportunity to attend The Square One Roundtable on the Future of Justice Policy:...

With the end of this summer, we must double down on solutions that are already making our communities safer. The Labor Day holiday brought with it the unofficial end to a summer that saw...

Both Donald Trump and Joe Biden have spoken about the 1994 Crime Bill as a mistake, all the while defending certain elements of it and never charting a way forward that fully reckons with...

We are witnessing an unprecedented change to our country's criminal justice system that is simultaneously overdue and insufficient. At least 12 cities like Baltimore, Los Angeles, and...

Our country is experiencing a reckoning that is 401 years overdue. June 19, 1865.

As New York and other cities experience a rise in shootings amidst growing calls to defund the police, we risk mistaking these acts of violence as a reason to hold fast to current budget...

Survivor centered tips for taking care of ourselves and others during the COVID-19 pandemic.  One of the most important aspects of human life is connection. Many of us are experiencing...