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Brown solidarity for Black lives
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They marched on 18th street
They marched on 26th street
They marched on Division street
For Brown solidarity
With Black lives
Commentary
Hundreds serving mandatory life sentences under Illinois ‘three strikes’ law
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“Each received what amounts to a death sentence for one horrifying but familiar reason: race,” writes attorney and advocate Jennifer Soble.
Anti-racism
Listen: Chicago youth leaders Miracle Boyd and China Smith reflect on activism, trauma, and growth
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Two youth organizers with GoodKids MadCity share what activism has taught them, how it has affected them, and how they want to transform Chicago.
Essential Work
Essential Work: Young Black activists ‘in the middle of history’ confront Covid-19 and racism
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GoodKids MadCity youth organizers China Smith and Miracle Boyd reflect on their experiences amid the pandemic and the growing movement against racial injustice. This is the first entry in a series about resilience and resistance by young Black Chicago activists.
Commentary
Abolition: ‘They said what they said’
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To educate ourselves, and our readers, Injustice Watch hosted a conversation with six Chicago-area abolitionists. Here’s a snapshot of what we heard.
Commentary
Why I’m terminating my membership with the Chicago police union
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An open letter to John Catanzara, the newly elected president of the Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7.
Commentary
Analysis: The thing about police unions
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Most unions don’t aggressively shield their members from accountability for murder. Police unions are another story.
Commentary
Amara Enyia: Chicago must defund—not just reform—the police
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“Reform is a perfectly warm, comforting blanket. It is comfortable and sedating. But it also smothers.”
Commentary
‘I didn’t envision being released in a pandemic’
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Curtis Ferdinand dreamt of freedom for 24 years. But he never imagined getting out of prison at a time like this, amid a public health crisis and racial unrest.
Commentary
Stripped of dignity: appeals court to weigh mass strip search at women’s prison
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Illinois appeals court should affirm incarcerated peoples’ right to privacy in their own bodies, says Loyola law professor Maria Hawilo.