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California is about to execute an innocent Black man

by Mansa Musa October 16, 2023October 16, 2023

Male prisoner talking over the phone with his wife in prison visit room.

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Maryland’s parole system ‘conditions people for despair’

by Mansa Musa October 2, 2023October 2, 2023

A second group of 2,000 detainees are moved overnight to the mega-prison Terrorist Confinement Centre on March 15, 2023 in Tecoluca, El Salvador. Photo by Handout/Presidencia El Salvador via Getty Images

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El Salvador’s ‘gang crackdown’ and the permanent state of exception

by Mansa Musa September 25, 2023September 25, 2023

An Atlanta police vehicle is set on fire during a "Stop cop city" protest in Atlanta, Georgia, United States on January 21, 2023. Photo by Benjamin Hendren/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

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The Cop City RICO charges and America’s road to fascism

by Mansa Musa September 18, 2023September 20, 2023

Huntsville Texas USA Death Chamber.

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Alabama’s pure nitrogen execution of Kenneth Smith could take over 15 minutes

by Mansa Musa September 11, 2023September 20, 2023

A hand reaches higher than the barbed wire in this image depicting the fight for freedom - via Getty Images

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Ed Poindexter has been a political prisoner for 52 years. His family just wants him to come home.

by Mansa Musa August 28, 2023August 28, 2023

Split-screen image: (Left) Photo of George Jackson published on August 24, 1971, three days after Jackson was shot and killed by a prison guard at San Quentin Prison. Photo by Bettman via Getty Images. (Right) Mourners give the Black Panther salute as the casket of George Jackson is carried from St. Augustine's Church in Oakland, California on August 28, 1971. Photo by Bettman via Getty Images

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George Jackson’s unfinished revolution

by Mansa Musa and Maximillian Alvarez August 21, 2023August 25, 2023

A young man is held in lock-up in juvenile detention at the county home school for hard crimes committed Photo By STORMI GREENER/Star Tribune via Getty Images

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Juvenile sentencing in the US is barbaric, racist, and ineffective

by Mansa Musa August 14, 2023September 8, 2023

Anti-abortion activists protest near a Women's March rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court Building on June 24, 2023 in Washington, DC. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

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Nebraska teen, mother imprisoned for abortion is just a taste of post-Roe America

by Mansa Musa August 7, 2023August 7, 2023

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Former Guantanamo detainees were deported to Kazakhstan, UAE

by Mansa Musa July 31, 2023August 1, 2023