Black Lives Matter

Early Draft of AFL-CIO's Report on Police Reform Shows a Commitment to Defending Police Unions

The long-awaited draft report is an explicit rejection of calls for the labor movement to separate itself from police.

Hamilton Nolan

In Rochester, A Police Alternative Delivers ... Police

Activists were excited about the launch of a new Person in Crisis team in a city that's suffered a string of police violence incidents—but so far, it's fallen short on its promises.

Sam Mellins

“Justice Looks Like Abolition”: A Minneapolis Organizer on the Chauvin Verdict

While George Floyd’s killer was found guilty, Miski Noor of the Black Visions Collective says that true justice requires replacing policing with systems of care—and democratic control over public safety.

Alice Herman

The Movement for Black Lives Has Been Waiting for This Moment

Racial justice organizers are preparing to take to the streets and the halls of power to push President Biden to meet their demands.

Eli Day

Alicia Garza on the Problem of Celebrity in Social Movements

Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza reflects on platforms and pedestals.

Alicia Garza

The Little Known, Racist History of the 911 Emergency Call System

The 911 system we have today was created in response to the 1967 civil rights protests.

Katrina Feldkamp and S. Rebecca Neusteter

The Actions of the (Well-Funded) Capitol Police Show Why We Need to Defund the Police

On January 6, police showed us exactly who they "serve and protect."

D.A. Bullock

Public Wailing as Political Dissent

Both personal and political, wailing disrupts the social order.

Renee Simms

Equating White Nationalists and "Left Radicals" Is What Got Us Here in the First Place

Media outlets and politicians are baselessly claiming the pro-Trump crowd was made up of "socialists," "anarchists," and "antifa." Here's why that's so dangerous.

Sarah Lazare

The Climate Movement’s Reckoning with Black Lives Matter

For far too long, the climate movement has ignored the needs of the people most impacted by the climate crisis. That's changing.

Camille Williams

Police and Affordable Housing Collide in Charleston

The South's most picturesque city reckons with race and gentrification.

Patsy Newitt

Tenants Just Won a Nationwide Eviction Ban. They're Still Fighting to Cancel Rent.

President Trump's surprise eviction moratorium is an election hail-mary. But to stave off a disastrous housing crisis, organizers say Democrats—including Joe Biden—must embrace bolder measures.

Rebecca Burns

Trump Is Inciting Racist Violence in Kenosha—And Democrats Are Complicit

Democrats are failing to articulate a clear moral vision that is opposed to Trump’s ultra-racist, law-and-order politics.

Alice Herman and Emilio Leanza

Want to Abolish the Police? The First Step Is Putting Them Under Democratic Control.

Abolition is part of a broader struggle for democracy.

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

Community Control Won’t Fix What’s Wrong with Cops

There's no reforming an inherently violent, white supremacist system. We must abolish the police.

Carl Williams and Christian Williams

To Transform Policing, We Need Community Control

An elected civilian council could crack down on police abuses, and pave the way for longer-term transformations.

Jazmine Salas

I Shouldn’t Have to Be a “Strong Black Woman” for My Life to Matter

Support Black women when we are loud or quiet, when we are brave or scared, when we are fed-up or meek.

Ramenda Cyrus

Rural Black Lives Matter

After Travon Brown found a cross burning in his yard, he organized a Black Lives Matter march in the rural town of Marion, Va., where hundreds of angry counter-protestors were ready and waiting.

Mason Adams