prison-industrial complex

Chun: Carceral solutions won’t protect us

April 13, 2021

The shooting in Atlanta on March 16 was the latest tragedy in a year filled with about 3,800 reports of anti-Asian violence, with countless more unreported. I’ve become less and less shocked with each...

Allen and Gonring: How police hurt everybody’s mental health

April 11, 2021

In response to Mr. Holland’s April 11 op-ed: The prison-industrial complex, for which police are foot soldiers, is responsible for the current reality of mental health treatment in this country. Deinstitutionalization,...

Defunding 101: What does it mean to “defund the police” and why is it gaining traction?

June 19, 2020

In the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police, the Black Lives Matter movement and calls to address systemic racism and police brutality have taken center stage in nationwide...

Letter to the Editor: Zionism is not solidarity

March 31, 2016

This letter was written in response to a previous Letter to the Editor, “My Judaism and Zionism are inextricably linked” I get it; I really do. Your parents talk about Israel as if it is a given,...

At Unshackle NU event, Northwestern professor talks prison profit from detainees’ cheap labor

February 3, 2016

Political science and legal studies Prof. Jacqueline Stevens highlighted the way private prisons profit from the labor of immigrant detainees at Unshackle NU's event Tuesday evening. About 45 students...

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