"My husband was leaving me. I had lost the privilege of raising my 16-year-old son, who moved across the country to live with ...

and "Black lives matter!" But a new declaration stood out: "Defund the police." It was a moment Mariame Kaba always knew would come. "All of a sudden, people had a real interest in abolitionist ...

It's a slogan that's caught steam in a way that was once unimaginable to prison-industrial complex abolitionist and organizer Mariame Kaba. "Ten years ago, people thought we were completely ...

Mariame Kaba doesn’t like to think about the past. She’s always looking forward, working to give birth to projects and grassroots organizations meant to serve the moment. “I’m not a ...

In Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care, Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba ask organizers to retire their inner cynic and imagine what could exist instead.

It seems No More Police, a book by abolitionist organizers Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie, couldn’t come at a better time. For them, abolition is not simply about responding to crime or the ...

Throughout her years of organizing, Mariame Kaba has encountered formerly criminalized youth with brilliant creative talent, but they lacked the resources to work at length on their craft.

A new art exhibition in New York City, curated by prison abolitionist Mariame Kaba and co-organized by nonprofit PEN America, puts a spotlight on the harsh realities of carceral censorship ...

Prison abolitionist Mariame Kaba urged like-minded social activists to embrace the spirit of generosity, collective power, and mutual aid during the all-virtual 37th annual Martin Luther King Jr.

Local activists and students participate in a Strike for Climate march on March 3, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt / Getty Images) By signing up, you confirm that you are over the ...

As part of the exhibition, Kaba also oversaw the building of a mock prison cell, surrounded by walls painted in what she calls an “ugly, institutional green.” “We’re talking about ...

This fall, activists and writers Andrea Ritchie and Mariame Kaba have published No More Police: A Case for Abolition, a vast, encompassing study of the prison abolition movement and the extensive ...