Prisons: tear them down

Texas execution exposes death penalty racism

Texas has shown the world that this racist state should not be in the business of killing. Quintin Jones, an…

May 24, 2021

El Estatus de Mumia

Por lo regular, no hago esto, es decir, no escribo sobre mí mismo. Encuentro mucho más interesante contar las historias…

May 21, 2021

Stop the execution of Quintin Jones

On May 19, the State of Texas plans to execute a man who was 20 years old in 1999 when…

May 19, 2021

Reflections on prisons – Honoring Malcolm X & Ho Chi Minh

May 19 marks the 96th anniversary of the birthday of Malcolm X and the 131st for Ho Chi Minh. Although…

May 19, 2021

The state of Mumia

The following lightly edited commentary appeared on Prison Radio on May 12.   I don’t usually do this. This is…

May 19, 2021

MOVE ‘Day of Remembrance’ honors lives lost

Philadelphia On the 36th anniversary of the horrific bombing of the MOVE family house in Philadelphia on May 13, 1985,…

May 14, 2021

When just being yourself is a radical act

By Miley Fletcher For hundreds of years, racism, bigotry and discrimination have existed in society but especially within prison complexes.…

May 14, 2021

Caravans protest immigrant detention

Tacoma, Wash. Im/migrant-led caravans from the Pacific Northwest region came to protest the Northwest Detention Center (NWDC) in Tacoma, Wash.,…

May 14, 2021

Free Imam Jamil Al-Amin

Atlanta Supporters of Imam Jamil Al-Amin (formerly known as H. Rap Brown) took the campaign to gain freedom for the…

May 12, 2021

Stop legal lynchings!
Remember George Stinney Jr.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled April 22 that juveniles — those under the age of 18 — are not exempt…

May 11, 2021