“Activist, journalist, and visionary Claudia Jones was one of the most important advocates of emancipation in the 20th century. Arguing for…
“The impassioned memoir of Afghanistan’s Sima Samar: medical doctor, politician, founder of schools and hospitals, thorn in the side of the…
“In the era of Black Lives Matter, Frantz Fanon’s shadow looms larger than ever. He was the intellectual activist of the postcolonial era,…
“Colorado, 1864, Star, a young survivor of the Sand Creek Massacre, is brought to the Fort Marion prison-castle, where he is forced to…
Since the 1990s, neo-institutionalists have posited that "institutions matter". However, they overlook one important issue: the ways…
Which Americans experience the worst infrastructure? What are the costs of living with that infrastructure? We measure road roughness…
With Mariame Kaba & Eva Nagao
December 6, 2023
We ended our fall speaker series with a discussion and screening of One Million…
Tommie Shelby in conversation with Sandra Susan Smith
November 8, 2023
In his most recent book, The Idea of Prison Abolition…
A Discussion with Danielle Sered
October 25, 2023
In the aftermath of serious harm, the responses offered by the criminal legal system…
A Discussion with Jocelyn Simonson, Tracy McCarter, and Rachel Foran
October 18, 2023
By design, criminal courts isolate people…