Related Stories
Too Black
Black August is an important month of political education, but it should not solely be about the past.
Shaka Shakur
Shaka Shakur is a revolutionary New Afrikan prisoner who has spent the past two decades incarcerated by the Indiana Department of Corrections o
Stephen Wilson
Martin Sostre (1923-2015) was a political prisoner, jailhouse lawyer, and Black anarchist of Puerto Rican descent.
Jesse Barber
, Simon McCormack
Black people are disproportionately convicted of felonies across New York State.
The Mapping Project
The prison system links corporate interests, the military industrial complex, and policing into a web of oppression impacting more than 2 milli
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Black legislators in New York are defending their legislation which reduces the use of cash bail.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The mass incarceration state was built to lock up as many Black people as possible and discussion of even modest reforms is shut down.
Michael Sainato
A Freedom of Information Act request shines a light on how much private corporations and government agencies have been exploiting prison labor
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Black people give great attention to certain court cases in hopes of receiving justice when the system is designed to be unjust.
More Stories
- Djibo SobukweHaiti qualified for the World Cup on the anniversary of its revolution, the DRC brought the spirit of Lumumba to the pitch, and Iran wore pins for children killed by U.S. bombs, proving that football…
- Kit KlarenbergThe Grayzone has reviewed a sealed indictment for pro-Palestine donor Fergie Chambers, who was arrested in Spain on dubious money laundering charges concocted by the Trump DOJ. His partner accuses…
- Abayomi AzikiweParallels can be drawn between MAGA in the United States and retrograde elements domestically, as well as other Western imperialist states.
- Gary WilsonThe same U.S. sanctions regime that gutted Venezuela's hospitals and left its buildings in ruins now lands Marines at its airport in the name of earthquake relief, which is not rescue but occupation.
- Sondos AsemCoalition of NGOs accuses foreign officials, primarily from the UAE, of aiding and abetting war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Darfur.