by Troy T. Thomas, California Health Care FacilityAn Enslaved Individual. The United States is predicated upon permanent disparities and inequities in life expectancy, mortality rates, education gaps, incarceration, economic solvency, and counter-development burdened upon Africans domestically and internationally. Founded in enslavement, these disparities were facilitated by … [Read more...] about RAZOR WIRE PLANTATIONS: America’s Addiction to Slavery & Sadistic Cruelty
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Freedom Time: Dancing Through Prison Walls
How does one embody freedom while caged, confined, and policed? For some, the answer comes from dance. In prison, dancing can provide a transformative reclamation of bodily autonomy. This potential has been realized with Dancing Through Prison Walls (DPW), a California-based dance and performance project whose mission is to "dance with, choreograph with, and tell stories within … [Read more...] about Freedom Time: Dancing Through Prison Walls
Inside Knowledge: An Insurgent Carceral Journalism Revolution
On July 9th, 2025 The Carceral Studies Journalism Guild (CSJG), Yale University's Justice For Everybody Initiative (JFE) and All Of Us Or None (AOUON) convened at the inaugural Inside Knowledge (IK) Carceral Journalism Symposium at Valley State Prison (VSP) in Chowchilla, CA. The symposium featured presentations from resident journalists and delivered an … [Read more...] about Inside Knowledge: An Insurgent Carceral Journalism Revolution
Freedom for Few: Immigration & “Independence” in America
by Uma Nagarajan-Swenson, AOUON Newspaper Editor + LSPC Comms Officer On July 4 every year, millions of people across America celebrated the nation’s independence. The contradictions of this day to those denied full rights were famously articulated by Frederick Douglass in his 1852 speech addressing the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society: "Your high independence … [Read more...] about Freedom for Few: Immigration & “Independence” in America
East Oakland Youth Leading The Campaign For Environmental Justice
by Taqwaa Bonner, LSPC Housing Advocate Assembly Bill 617 (Garcia, C., Chapter 136, Statutes of 2017) is a state-mandated program for air districts to implement a community-based approach to improve air quality in communities that experience the most air pollution. East Oakland was designated as an AB 617 community and the youth of these communities have identified a … [Read more...] about East Oakland Youth Leading The Campaign For Environmental Justice
