Via Barack Obama.  How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change As millions of people across the country take to the streets and raise their voices in response to the killing of George Floyd and the ongoing problem of unequal justice, many people have reached out asking how we can sustain momentum … Read More

Via Chicago Tribune.  Can Police Data Predict how ‘Bad Apple’ Officers Influence their Fellow Cops? New Study Says Yes. By ANNIE SWEENEY For years, researchers and police officials across the country have mined data such as arrest and shooting records to examine how criminals influence each other’s behavior — and in the process try to predict … Read More

Via Indigenous Action.  Accomplices Not Allies: Abolishing the Ally Industrial Complex This provocation is intended to intervene in some of the current tensions around solidarity/support work as the current trajectories are counter-liberatory from my perspective. Special thanks to DS in Phoenix for convos that lead to this ‘zine and all those who provided comments/questions/disagreements. Don’t … Read More

Via Medium.  I’m White and I’m Outraged by Ahmaud Arbery’s Murder. Now What? By Taharee Jackson A Practical Guide for White Allies and Accomplices Dr. Taharee A. Jackson, Ph.D. May 8, 2020 I’m tired of wishing dead Black men a Happy Birthday. And I don’t mean federal holidays. Several years ago I penned a piece … Read More

Via Indy Week.  Are You Afraid of Black Feminists? Or Just Your Own Freedom? BY ALEXIS PAULINE GUMBS “If Black women were free, it would mean that everyone else would have to be free, since our freedom would necessitate the destruction of all the systems of oppression.” —  Combahee River Collective Statement, 1977 This weekend at … Read More