2017

ARTICLES

Who’s Left? Prison Abolition by Flynn Nicholls (Medium, 12/25/17)

Does Our Belief in Women’s Stories of Sexual Violence Extend to Survivors Behind Bars? by Victoria Law (Truthout, 12/3/17)

Michael Johnson, HIV Disclosure, and the Coercive Nature of Plea Bargains by Victoria Law (The Body, 11/28/17)

Is it time to reimagine justice and accountability for sexual misconduct? By Maya Dukmasova (Chicago Reader, 11/22/17)

Towards the horizon of abolition: A conversation with Mariame Kaba by John Duda (The Next System Project, 11/15/17)

Ban Prisons by Emma Roller (Splinter, 11/15/17)

Harvey Weinstein Is a Monster of Hollywood’s Own Making. What Are We Going to Do About It? (Newsline, 10/23/17)

More Than Reform: Prison Abolition by Daniel Yadin (The Politic, 10/22/17)

You Can’t End Violence With More Violence: Shifting From Incarceration to Accountability – Interview with Sarah Jaffe and Shira Hassan (with audio), (Truthout, 10/17/17)

From “Me Too” to “All of Us”: Organizing to End Sexual Violence, Without Prisons – Interview with Sarah Jaffe and Shira Hassan (In These Times, 10/17/17)

The Defeat of Graham-Cassidy: How to Kill a Zombie by Kelly Hayes (Truthout, 9/27/17)

Four Leftists of Color Share What They’ve Learned About Politics by Daniel Moattar (Vice, 8/16/17)

The case against free speech for fascists by Noah Berlatsky (Quartz, 8/15/17)

The Unexpected Afterlife of American Communism by Sarah Jaffe (The New York Times, 6/6/17)

How To Win Reparations By Yana Kunichoff and Sarah Macaraeg (Belt, 6/1/17)

The case of a 15-year-old who shot her abusive dad shows the unbearable cost of self-defense by Noah Berlatsky (Quartz, 5/31/17)

Bresha Meadows Enters a Plea Deal, Will Spend Two More Months in Detention by Christina Cauterucci (Slate, 5/23/17)

Bresha Meadows Will Spend One More Birthday, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Away From Her Family by Victoria Law (Rewire, 5/22/17)

Bresha Meadows, The 15-Year-Old Accused Of Killing Her Abusive Father, Has Been Offered A Plea Deal by Ben Dandridge-Lemco (Fader, 5/9/17)

#FreeBresha: Bresha Meadows Still Needs Our Support by Kirsten West Savali (The Root, 5/5/17)

Why Protest? Answers for Discouraged Activists by Ilana Novick (Alternet, 4/20/17)

Here’s Why People on Your Twitter Timeline Are Calling to #FreeBresha by Ethan Simon (attn:, 4/18/17)

15-Year-Old Bresha Meadows is a Black Girl Who Needs Your Help (For Harriet, 4/15/17)

Abolish: A Twitter Teach In about Abolition by Mariame Kaba (The New Inquiry, 3/16/17)

Mariame Kaba, modern abolitionist, on feminism that fights state violence by Maya Dukmasova (Chicago Reader, 3/3/17)

‘More Justice and Some Peace’: Mariame Kaba on Ending America’s Violence by Gabby Bess (Broadly, 2/23/17)

20 Black Women You Should Be Following Right Now by Deesha Philyaw (Bitch Magazine, 2/13/17)

Police in Chicago Public Schools operate with no special training and little oversight by Yana Kunichoff (Chicago Reader, 2/1/17)

‘I’ll Be Able to Lay in the Grass’: Bresha Meadows to Be Transferred to Treatment Facility by Victoria Law (Rewire, 1/23/17)

Medicare for All”: A Uniting Call to Action in the Age of Trump” by Michael Corcoran (Truthout, 1/19/17)

How We Can Work Together To Keep Our Nation’s Youth Out Of The Prison System” by Lakin Starling (Fader, 1/19/17)

Capitalism Rations What We Most Need — Let’s Demand Medicare for All: A Conversation With Mariame Kaba” by Sarah Jaffe (Truthout, 1/13/17) and (In These Times, 1/13/17)

RADIO/PODCASTS/TV

Guest on the Sit and Spin Room to talk about holiday giving (12/12/17)
Guest Co-Host on Delete Your Account — Ending Bail (11/29/17)
Guest on Democracy NOW — As NYPD Officers Are Charged with Rape of Teenager, Advocates Call for End to Mass Sexual Violence (11/7/17)
Guest Co-Host on Delete Your Account — Interview with Opal Tometi about Immigration and Black Lives Matter (10/29/17)
Guest on the Zero Hour to talk about Teen Vogue article about Black girls & school to prison pipeline (10/20/17)
Guest Host on Delete Your Account — Interview with Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson
Guest Host on Delete Your Account — Interview with Kay Whitlock
Guest on Intercepted to talk about the history of prisons
Guest host on Delete Your Account (interviewed Nesreen Hasan of AAAN)
Guest on the Sit and Spin Room to talk about the PIC, abolition and more.
Guest on the Lit Review to talk about Danielle McGuire’s “At the Dark End of the Street”
Guest on This Is Hell to discuss prison abolition and more.
Guest on the Matthew Filopowicz Show to talk about Bresha Meadows, #FreeMamas and more.
Guest Host on Delete Your Account – Interviewed Jason Lydon of Black & Pink about abolition, faith and organizing to end prisons.
Guest on the Rustbelt Abolition Radio to discuss the criminalization of survivors of violence.
Guest Host on Delete Your Account – Interview with Tania Unzueta about immigration organizing and expanded sanctuary.
Guest on the F.I.T.E.M.E. Podcast to talk about Bresha Meadows, Trump, Women’s March and more.
Guest on Rhymes and Reasons podcast.