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Its illegitimacy goes far beyond the war on drugs.
Derecka Purnell discusses her new book Becoming Abolitionists, how she came to join the movement against policing and prisons, and what a just world looks like.
Abolition is not only about eliminating the police, but imagining new systems that work to ensure a fair, equal society where there is no place for racism, ableism, or state violence.
Studying the social world requires more than deference to data—no matter the prestige or sophistication of the tools with which they are parsed.
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