All posts tagged "Prisons"
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Mother’s Day: Love and Tears
The beginning of May signals the end of the school year, the start of spring, and of course Mother’s Day. As with most American holidays,...
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Confined Writers and Their Criminal Writings
By Emahunn Raheem Ali Campbell Last month, The New York Times reported a discovery made in Rochester, New York about what we now know as...
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My North Star: How Mumia Abu-Jamal Led Me To Activism
By Walidah Imarisha In high school in a small town in Oregon, I found guidance in the most unlikely of places. Mrs. Borrevick wore bright...
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Sunny Days?: Sesame Street, Prisons and the Politics of Justice
With Nelson Mandela’s funeral on the television, Sammy, who is 6, turned to me with a question that quickly grabbed my attention. Having already discussed...
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“Fire in the Skies”: Introduction to the Mumia and Mass Incarceration Forum
On December 9, 1981, journalist and activist Mumia Abu-Jamal was arrested and later charged and convicted for murdering Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. The prosecution’s...
