Related Stories
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
Mali Collins
The late Eddie Conway was a young member of the Black Panther Party who was framed for the killing of a police officer and spent more
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Mutulu Shakur has been granted parole, but he is terminally ill.
Abayomi Azikiwe
The late Nehanda Abiodun was an African American revolutionary who exemplified the movement to end national oppression and the criminaliza
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
Assata Shakur exposes the conditions faced by incarcerated Black women in a powerful 1978 essay.
Natalia Marques
Ruchell Magee has been incarcerated for 67 years and is the longest serving political prisoner in the world.
Spirit of Mandela Writing Committee
Former political prisoner Jalil Muntaqim is still not treated as a free man. In this case, the State University of New York at B
More Stories
- Jon JeterThe idea that a reverse migration to the south is a route to greater political power should be treated with skepticism.
- Roberto Sirvent, Richard MedhurstRichard and Roberto would like to dedicate this feature to Glen Ford, one of the fiercest critics of U.S. corporate media the country has ever known.
- Black Alliance For PeaceThere will not be true democracy for Africans as long the U.S., EU, NATO, and Israel train and finance the military in these nations.
- Lauren SmithThe U.S. has twice kidnapped Venezuelan diplomat Alex Saab.
- Josmar TrujilloConspiracy laws, RICO statutes and "gang" designations are tools of police and prosecutorial misconduct and the maintenance of the mass incarceration state.