Author: fondashen
Hedwig Lieback | Anti-Abolitionist Assumptions
By Hedwig Lieback Reginald Dwayne Betts, in Abolition 9/13, emphasized towards the end of our conversation that the goal of abolition is not “to ‘humanize’ people in prison,” because this phrase – frequently used rhetorically in abolitionist conversations, would assume… Continue Reading
Fonda Shen | Humbled by the Inadequacy of Empathy
By Fonda Shen “Can you imagine, she asked, what it means to spend eight hours a day standing up to your waist in the mortadella cooking water? Can you imagine, she asked, what it means to have your fingers covered… Continue Reading
Elizabeth Bruenig | Abolish the Federal Death Penalty
Paulina Ochoa Espejo
Paulina Ochoa Espejo (MA, Essex; PhD, Johns Hopkins) is an Associate Professor of political science at Haverford College. Before joining Haverford, she was an Assistant Professor at Yale University and a Postdoctoral Fellow in the University of Notre Dame. She… Continue Reading
S. Shabzadeh | Shahid
By S. Shabzadeh From inside a cell, the night sky isn’t the measure— that’s why it’s prison’s vastness your eyes reflect after prison. My lover don’t believe in my sadness. She says whisky, not time, is what left me wrecked… Continue Reading
Sania Anwar | Grief, Denied
By Sania Anwar It begins with hope. As it often does for those who believe in its elusive power.[1] “This is a historic moment,” began Professor Bernard E. Harcourt, “The first full day of a new presidential administration . .… Continue Reading
Shadowproof | In Defense Of Standing Rock Movement: Lawsuit Against TigerSwan, Morton County Moves Closer To Trial
Tymber Hudson
Tymber Hudson (they/she) is a storyteller, strategist, and multidisciplinary artist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Tymber is deeply committed to centering, uplifting, and empowering Black LGBTQ+ communities to abolish systems that perpetuate trauma and oppression. Through all of their work, Tymber… Continue Reading