Feb 18, 2022
The Massachusetts Daily Collegian
Olivia Capriotti
Ben-Moshe links the studies of prison abolition and disabilities in her book. On Wednesday, the third event of the Disability Identity, Culture and Community Speaker Series was held online. This …
Feb 07, 2022
Truth Out
Maya Schenwar
As the powerful movement to abolish policing and imprisonment has come further into the spotlight, it’s been met with a flurry of questions: Where did this movement come from? Does …
Feb 07, 2022
The Real News Network
TRNN Executive Producer Eddie Conway joins a blockbuster panel of scholars and activists to discuss the origins, functions, and methods for combating the monstrous reach of our carceral system. With …
Jan 31, 2022
Intelligencer
Sierra Lyons
In March 2012, with George Zimmerman still not charged for the killing of Trayvon Martin, three former student activists, Phillip Agnew, Ahmad Abuznaid, and Gabriel Pendas, issued a call to …
Jan 19, 2022
Democracy Now
Amy Goodman
Abolitionist scholars Angela Davis, Beth Richie and Gina Dent discuss their new book, published Tuesday, titled “Abolition. Feminism. Now.” As abolition becomes increasingly mainstream following the racial justice uprisings of …
Jan 19, 2022
Newberry Library
Inspired by the Chicago Reader’s extraordinary, decades-long reporting on police torture in Chicago, this conversation explores the role of journalism in uncovering police violence. How has such coverage influenced actual …
Jan 14, 2022
Harpers Bazaar
Hanna Phifer
The activists detail how their latest book, Abolition. Feminism. Now. came to be. In 2003 author, scholar, and world-renowned activist Dr. Angela Davis published Are Prisons Obsolete, a landmark book arguing that prisons, …
Dec 09, 2021
The Intercept
Astra Taylor
Student loans, medical bills, credit cards — Americans are drowning in a record-breaking $15 trillion in debt. COVERING THOUSANDS OF YEARS in just under seven minutes, “Your Debt Is Someone Else’s Asset” …
Dec 06, 2021
Marguerite Casey Foundation
Three Portal Project affiliates Amna Akbar, Cathy Cohen, Robin D. G. Kelley were each awarded $250,000 to advance their ground-breaking work in service of justice, freedom, and social change. “SEATTLE …
Dec 01, 2021
NPR
“When Derecka Purnell was growing up, the police were a familiar presence in her life. Years later, the lawyer, activist, and author realized that her vision of a just society was …
Dec 01, 2021
Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning
Portal Project organizer Stacey Sutton is award Edward Blakely Award for 2021 by the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning and Planning of Colors Interest Group. “A Closer Look at …
Oct 06, 2021
Democracy Now
Derecka Purnell draws from her experience as a human rights lawyer in her new book, published this month, “Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom,” to argue that …
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