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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.
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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.”
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‘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.
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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.
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Open letter to Chicago’s top cop: COVID-19 police ‘surge’ terrorizing West Side black communities
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Organizer Richard Wallace says the police department is using force to make black residents follow stay-at-home orders, “regardless of the circumstance.”
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“Untitled”
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This poem was written for and performed at Injustice Watch’s #SpreadtheWord poetry event on April 22.
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Like any good man
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This poem was performed at Injustice Watch’s #SpreadTheWord poetry event on April 22. Artists were asked to write a poem inspired by one of Injustice Watch’s stories.
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Charles Thomas | superherose of mass survival
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This poem was written for and performed at Injustice Watch’s #SpreadtheWord poetry event on April 22.
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Hot Seat Questions for the Candidate
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This poem was written for and performed at Injustice Watch’s #SpreadTheWord poetry event on April 22. Artists were asked to write a poem inspired by one of Injustice Watch’s stories. This piece was inspired by our ongoing coverage of the coronavirus pandemic and its effect on the criminal justice system. What is the world you want to achieve? Can you show me the blueprint?
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“Untitled”
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This poem was written for and performed at Injustice Watch’s #SpreadtheWord poetry event on April 22.