We won’t reform the gestapo
Spare us your talk of body cams.
Borders
The US Border in Chicago
Everyone deserves housing. GardaWorlds’s tent camps are carceral sites and an attack on us all.
“It failed because you made it fail”: The Story of Todo Para Todos
The City of Chicago yesterday announced a $29 million contract with a company known as “Canada’s Blackwater” to run tent camps for newly arrived asylum seekers. Meanwhile, a prominent and effective alternative based in dignity and care had to shut down for lack of city support. This is their story.
Chicago Has Plenty of Room for Refugees
Both the Texas governor and Chicago’s outgoing mayor are framing refugees as a burden. But Chicago has the material resources and supports to welcome refugees if only officials would muster the political will.
Nation of Immigrants or Settler Colonialism?
A new book by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz shows how the myth of a “nation of immigrants” has been used to erase the history of Indigenous peoples in the US.
A Broadened Sense of Abolition
Our understanding of innocence, guilt, victims, and criminals shapes the worlds we are able to build. New books by Mariame Kaba and Harsha Walia pry open political possibilities.
A Path to Nowhere
Biden’s proposal for immigration reform isn’t designed to free migrants trapped in danger or detention. It’s not even designed to pass.
The Heartless Alliance
Immigrant kids don’t need gentler jails. They need us to end detention as a response to migration.