For a Glimpse of the Racial Justice Protests’ Staying Power, Look To Detroit Under the banner of Detroit Will Breathe, the city’s Black Lives Matter activists have formed a cohesive and lasting local political force. Chris Gelardi
How Prison Abolitionists Are Meeting The Moment The COVID-19 pandemic and nationwide protests over police brutality are strengthening the case against mass incarceration, advocates argue. Emily Nonko
As the Coronavirus Spreads, Prisoners Are Rising Up For Their Health Faced with inaction on the part of state and corrections officials, incarcerated people in jails, prisons, and detention centers are protesting their treatment during the COVID-19 outbreak. Dan Berger, Ryan Fatica, Duncan Tarr
Nation’s Largest Bail Fund Plans To Stop Bailing People Out Of Jail The Brooklyn Community Bail Fund said it doesn’t want to ‘prop up an unjust system.’ Kira Lerner
The Appeal Podcast: Generational Harm, A Hidden Cost of Mass Incarceration With Chicago activist Celia Colón Adam H. Johnson
The Appeal Podcast Episode 14: The Prison-to-School Pipeline With activist and scholar Danny Murillo. Adam H. Johnson
Louisiana Law Enforcement Officers Are Moonlighting For A Controversial Pipeline Company Off-duty law enforcement officers are using state resources to work side jobs for the pipeline company. Karen Savage
Meet ‘Bob Smith,’ The Fake Facebook Profile Memphis Police Allegedly Used To Spy On Black Activists New records obtained by the Appeal show the account seems to have been monitoring Black Lives Matter activists for years. George Joseph
Multiple Police Cars Summoned to Arrest Selma Civil Rights Activist for Allegedly Stealing a Campaign Sign Faya Rose Touré, a 73-year-old former judge, says she’s determined to fight the charges against her. Lauren Gill
The Appeal Podcast Episode 4: How Prison Reform Was Co-Opted to Sell More Prisons With journalists Raven Rakia and Ashoka Jegroo. Adam H. Johnson
Louisiana Prisoners Demand an End to ‘Modern-day Slavery’ People incarcerated at Angola want opportunities for education instead of hard labor in the fields. Bryce Covert
#SwipeItForward & the Decriminalization of Farebeating in New York City Activists in New York City are engaging in profound acts of resistance against over-policing in the subways. Politicians are listening, but are they really hearing them? Jocelyn Simonson