This pages includes posts on policing, (Mel Reeves, Jess Sundin, Jason Sole)  prisons, (Jason Sole, Filiberto Nolasco Gomez, Nelsie Yang) police in schools, the prison industrial complex, MPD150, defunding the police, abolition, mass incarceration, the formerly incarcerated, re-entry programs, ( Marcie Rendon, David Lawrence Grant, Jason Sole) restorative justice, George Floyd, Philando Castile, Jamar Clark, the 4th Precinct occupation, the 3rd precinct burning, the Minneapolis Uprising, Minneapolis riots and alternatives to policing and prisons.

Ricardo Levins Morales

Radical Community Artist

David Lawrence Grant

Writing Things That Matter

Jason Sole at Hamline University, January 23, 2020

Jason Sole

Makes Sacred Trouble

Elizabeth Tannen

Poet Finds Community in Justice Work.

Rose Brewer

From Tulsa to Minneapolis: Activist Scholar is Rooted in Community

Filiberto Nolasco Gomez

The Personal is Political

Bruce Drewlow

Northern Minnesota to North Minneapolis: the Education of an Educator.

Cathy Jones

Postal Worker Fights Police Brutality, Discrimination in the Workplace

August Nimtz

History and Contingency in the Making of a Black Communist.

Adriana Cerrillo

Elevates Immigrant Voices to Change Racist Policies

Artika Tyner

Planting People and Growing Justice

Phillipe Cunningham

Reimagining Public Safety in Minneapolis

Jess Sundin

The People are my Mountains.

Bruce Nestor

People's Lawyer, Urban Gardener

Jane Burnett

St. Louis Park Girl Radicalized in 1970s Chicago

David Tilsen

Minneapolis Activist Continues Generations of Progressive Leadership

Raymond Dehn

Critical Resistance, Architecture, and State Electoral Politics.

Tina Burnside

Harvesting the Stories Community Needs

Mel Reeves (1957-2022)

Fights the Power

Susana De Leon

Attorney & Dancer without Borders.

Before George Floyd’s Murder: A Testimonial History of Police Brutality and Resistance in Minneapolis (Work in Progress)

Nelsie Yang

Heal Together in Public

Brittany Lewis

Action Researcher Leads with Love

Roxxanne O’Brien

Northside Environmental Justice Activist Speaks Truth to Power.

John Samuel Wright

The Struggle for Freedom is Transgenerational

Robin Wonsley

The Revolution is My Boyfriend

Veronica Mendez Moore

CTUL Organizer Builds Labor Power with Marginalized Workers

Sandy Hernandez

Undocumented Immigrants Are My People.

Alice A. Anderson (1932-2017)

Beautiful Activist of South Minneapolis

Roya Damsaz

From Iranian Revolution to Grassroots Movements in North Minneapolis