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Hands Off DC Is Organizing on Behalf of the District, in Resistance to Congress
By Serena Zets, 2022 Uprising Fellow. Published on July 28, 2023 at the Washington City Paper.
D.C. Residents Should Still Care About the Revised Criminal Code Act of 2022
By Serena Zets, 2022 Uprising Fellow. Published on July 28, 2023 at the Washington City Paper.
DRUG WAR TACTICS WON’T STOP XYLAZINE DEATHS
By Clare Boyle, 2022 Philly Movement Media Fellow. Published on May 25, 2023 at The Appeal.
NY STATE LAWMAKERS SEEKING CHANGES ON HOUSING BILL AFTER COMPLAINTS FROM ADVOCATES
By Lauren Braithwaite, 2022 Uprising Fellow. Published on May 19, 2023 at the Real News Network.
Philly’s New Violence Intervention Program Focuses On Stability And Support
By Natalie Kerr, 2022 Philly Movement Media Fellow. Published on May 4, 2023 at Next City
People incarcerated in the Illinois Department of Corrections are waiting months to receive reduced sentence credits
By Mai Tran, Uprising Fellow. Published on August 23rd, 2022 at Prism.
For Black Jews, Policing Synadodues Will Never Be The Solution
By Sarah Hoffman. Published on August 13th, 2022 at Mic.
Houston’s Fight To Decriminalize Mental Illness And Homelessness
By Atirikta Kumnar, Uprising Fellow. Published on July 15th, 2022 at The Real News Network.
Opinion: Eric Adams’ History of Respectability Politics is Holding Him Back as Mayor
By Rosalyn Huff, NYC criminal defense paralegal. Published on April 20th, 2022 at City Limits.
Florida Is Set to Create a New Police Force to Investigate Elections
By Kay-Ann Henry, Just 2020 Fellow. Published on March 16th, 2022 at Bolts.
The Illinois Department of Corrections’ commissary shortage harms incarcerated people
By Mai Tran, Uprising Fellow. Published on February 8th, 2022 at Prism.
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is a lesson in restorative justice
By Raven Yamamoto, Uprising Fellow. Published on December 23, 2021, at Waging Nonviolence.
With Efforts to Defund Police Backsliding, the BLM Movement Is Focusing on Mutual Aid
By Marco Salinas, Uprising Fellow. Published on October 14, 2021, at The Progressive.
VOICES: In DeSantis' Florida, the Tally 19 face an uphill battle for justice
By Kacey Johnson, Uprising Fellow. Published on June 4, 2021, at Facing South.
Pittsburgh Voters May Ban Solitary Confinement in Jail Today
By Ahmari Anthony, Uprising Fellow. Published on May 18, 2021, at The Appeal.
Florida’s ‘Anti-Rioting’ Law Criminalizes Protesters and Creates New Crimes
By Kay-Ann Henry, Just 2020 Fellow. Published on May 5, 2021, at Teen Vogue.
In Small Black Southern Towns, the Cops Remain Undaunted
By Justin L. Brooks, Uprising Fellow. Published on Apr. 16, 2021, at The American Prospect.
What the Cops Off Campus Movement Looks Like Across the Country
Featuring Anna Deogratias, Just 2020 Fellow, as part of a national roundtable. Published on Apr. 12, 2021, at The Nation.
Oakland Eliminated its School Police Force—So What Happens Now?
By Samuel Getachew, Uprising Fellow. Published on Mar. 11, 2021, at KQED.
‘Defund the police’ is not a slogan. It’s a demand
By Aris Brown, Uprising Fellow. Published on Feb. 26, 2021, at Prism.
Seattle cut its police budget. Now the public will decide how to spend the money
By Manjeet Kaur, Uprising Fellow. Published on Jan. 28, 2021, at Prism.
In the Georgia runoffs, 'poll chaplains' continue King's legacy
By Deirdre Jonese Austin, Just 2020 Fellow. Published on Dec. 21, 2020, at Facing South.
#JUST2020 dispatches
For the November 2020 elections, our youth writing fellows published a series of rolling #JUST2020 dispatches for the Just Media Twitter feed, with on-the-ground reports on electoral justice organizing.
How defunding the police won this fall—and what’s next
By Just Media’s Fall 2020 Fellows. Published on Dec. 11, 2020, at Prism.
These Georgians can’t vote on Tuesday. But they’re mobilizing by the thousands.
By Deirdre Jonese Austin, Just 2020 Fellow. Published on Nov. 2, 2020, at Facing South.
Defending the vote in communities of color: Scenes from a national groundswell
By Just Media’s Just 2020 Fellows. Published on Oct. 31, 2020, at Prism.
I just graduated—but my friend is stuck in prison.
By Savannah Baker. Published in the Aug. 12, 2020, issue of Queen City Nerve.