Life Without Parole: An Inside Look at Virginia’s Broken Parole System
Defenders of Virginia’s carceral system, like those who defend other oppressive and unjust carceral systems around the world, often claim that one goal of putting people in prison is to “reform” them. They point to Virginia’s 20.6% recidivism rate (the […]
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Linqua Franqa tackles racist capitalism, trauma, and the human condition in new album, ‘Bellringer’
"If being radical is grasping from the root, that's just what I'll do. That's just what I'll do. Defund the ...
PREMIERE: Buckhead Shaman, The Janitor
The Janitor is a soundtrack. https://open.spotify.com/album/72OyIYY5aQVTsCjFo9WxNq?si=oypTc_9hSJGIsgWTdzZnWQ&dl_branch=1 Soundtracks aren’t critiqued with the same scrutiny as traditional studio albums. Their appraisal is ...
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Human Rights Organizations Petition for DOJ Investigation of Police Killing of Manuel “Tortuguita” Paez Terán
Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights, the Southern Center for Human Rights, and the University of Dayton Human Rights Center are ...
Queer in the Fight to Stop Cop City
Gender non-conforming arrestees face harsher police violence and incarceration conditions than cisgender protesters Vienna Forrest could tell from the bleak ...
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Ep. 67: Talking the APS “Cheating Scandal” with the Abolitionist Teaching Network
https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48627962/aps_cheating_scandal_1.mp3This week we’re interrupting our standard schedule for a special episode as this story develops. In 2011, 178 Atlanta Public ...
Mainline News Hour: “Wurk” with Mariah Parker
https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48574225/02_04_wurk_with_mariah_parker.mp3This week, Aja catches up with Athens City Council Commissioner Mariah Parker / rapper Linqua Franqa to discuss their new ...