IC in the News

Selected Stories, 2020-2023

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2020

Essay by Mariame Kaba — So You’re Thinking About Becoming an Abolitionist. Level, October 29, 2020.

Essay by Andrea J. Ritchie — Building a World Where Breonna Taylor Could Live. Level, October 27, 2020.

Essay by Mariame Kaba — To Stop Police Violence, We Need Better Questions — and Bigger Demands. Gen, September 25, 2020.

Opinion by Andrea J. Ritchie & Maurice BP-Weeks - In Calling to Defund Police, Don’t Fixate on Costs of Police Settlements. Truthout, September, 12, 2020.

Audio, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Chang, Alisa. How To Stop Erasing Black Women From The Conversation Around Police Brutality. All Things Considered, July 15, 2020.

Essay by Mariame Kaba & Andrea J. Ritchie — We Want More Justice For Breonna Taylor Than The System That Killed Her Can Deliver. Essence, July 16, 2020.

Opinion, ft. Mariame Kaba — Felber, Garrett. Police Reform Hasn’t Stopped the Killings Before. It Won’t Now Either. Truthout, July 5, 2020.

Article, ft. Mariame Kaba — North, Anna & Fabiola Cineas. Breonna Taylor was killed by police in March. The officers involved have not been arrested. Vox, July 2, 2020.

Video, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — How Breonna Taylor's Death Illustrates That Black Women Are More Vulnerable to Police Violence Than Men. NBC, June 29, 2020.

Article, ft. Mariame Kaba — Raven, Mohapatra & Rachel Kuo. 8 to Abolition Is Advocating to Abolish Police to Keep Us All Safe. Teen Vogue, June 25, 2020.

Article, ft. Mariame Kaba — Way, Katie. Can't Imagine a World Without Police? Start Here. Vice, June 25, 2020.

Audio, ft. Mariame Kaba — Join the Abolitionist Movement with Mariame Kaba. Rebel Steps, June 24, 2020.

Article, ft. Mariame Kaba — Tolentino, Jia. Where Bail Funds Go from Here. The New Yorker, June 23, 2020.

Article, ft. Mariame Kaba — Hooks, Mary. Policing Has Failed: For Real Public Safety, We Need A Million Community-Driven Experiments. Essence, June 23, 2020.

Article, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — King, Maya. How ‘Defund the Police’ went from moonshot to mainstream. Politico, June 17, 2020.

Article, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Steadman, Ottilia. Black Trans Sex Workers Want People To Say Their Names — While They’re Alive. BuzzFeed News, June 17, 2020.

Article, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie, Mariame Kaba, and Woods Ervin — “A Million Experiments”⁠—Leading Abolitionists Outline Roadmap to #DefundPolice. Filter, June 17, 2020.

Video, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — What Breonna Taylor’s killing says about police treatment of black women. PBS News Hour, June 16, 2020.

Opinion by Mariame Kaba — The Calls to Abolish the Police. NYT, June 15, 2020.


Article, ft. Mariame Kaba — Akbar, Amna A. How Defund and Disband Became the Demands. The New York Review of Books, June 15, 2020.

Opinion, ft. Mariame Kaba — Shim, Jae Hyun. Minneapolis Organizers Are Already Building the Tools for Safety Without Police. Truthout, June 12, 2020. 

Article, ft. Mariame Kaba — Táíwò, Olúfẹ́mi O. Power Over the Police. Dissent, June 12, 2020.

Article, ft. Mariame Kaba — Bonsu, Janaé. Beware of Police “Reforms” That Reinforce the Very System Killing Us. In These Times, June 12, 2020.

Article, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Wang, Esther. Cops Don't Care About Violence Against Women. Jezebel, June 11, 2020.

Article, ft. Mariame Kaba — Vakharia, Sheila P. “Social Workers Belong in Police Departments” Is an Offensive Statement. Filter, June 10, 2020.

Article, ft. Mariame Kaba — Ongweso Jr, Edward. ‘Defund the Police’ Actually Means Defunding the Police. Vice, June 9, 2020.

Article, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Kesslen, Ben. Calls to reform, defund, dismantle and abolish the police, explained. NBC News, June 8, 2020.

Audio, ft. Mariame Kaba — Police Abolition. Call Your Girlfriend, June 5, 2020. 

Article, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Why Aren’t We All Talking About Breonna Taylor? The New York Times, June 4, 2020.

Article, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Echevarri, Fernanda. Curfews “Definitely Work”—If We Define “Work” as Increasing the Possibilities for Police Violence. Mother Jones, June 2, 2020.

Opinion, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Donegan, Moira. 'Who will protect you from rape without police?' Here's my answer to that question. The Guardian, June 2, 2020.

Video, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — More police funding would 'fuel the uprising,' says U.S. attorney. CBC, June 2, 2010.

Article, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Segarra, Marielle. Activists propose reforming policing by cutting budgets. Marketplace, June 1, 2020.

Article, ft. Mariame Kaba — Dukmasova, Maya. Police abolitionists find fuel in the protests. Chicago Reader, June 1, 2020.

Audio, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Protests against racist police violence explode across U.S. demanding justice for Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Steven Taylor & Tony McDade — a debrief with Patrisse Cullors, Andrea Ritchie and Alicia Garza. 94.1 KPFA, June 1, 2020.

Article, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Aleem, Zeeshan. Dozens of cities across the country are imposing curfews. Do they work? Vox, May 31, 2020.

Audio, ft. Mariame Kaba — Hayes, Kelly. Movement Memos: Adventures in Digital Organizing With Mariame Kaba. Truthout, May 14, 2020. 

Article, ft. Mariame Kaba — Tolentino, Jia. What Mutual Aid Can Do During a Pandemic. The New Yorker, May 11, 2020.

Article, ft. Woods Ervin — Paiella, Gabriella. How Would Prison Abolition Actually Work? GQ, April 27, 2020.

Article, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Pestana, Fiona. On 4/20, Feminist Conversations Shift to the War on Drugs. Ms., April 20, 2020.

Article, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Shure, Natalie. You Can’t Police Your Way to Public Health. The Nation, April 15, 2020. 

Article, ft. Mariame Kaba — Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta. Are We at the Start of a New Protest Movement? NYT, April 13, 2020.

Opinion by Andrea J. Ritchie & Robyn Maynard. Black Communities Need Support, Not a Coronavirus Police State. Vice, April 9, 2020.

Article, ft. Mariame Kaba — Kenworthy, Nora. Crowdfunding is an imperfect weapon against the pandemic. WaPo, April 2, 2020.

Article, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Mantey, J. Ama. Abandoned Populations: The Moral Case For Freeing Incarcerated People In The Face Of COVID-19. Essence, March 23, 2020.

Article, ft. Mariame Kaba — Lennard, Natasha. What’s Wrong With Cheering Harvey Weinstein’s Reported Coronavirus Diagnosis. The Intercept, March 23, 2020.

Video, ft. Mariame Kaba — Solidarity Not Charity: Mutual Aid & How to Organize in the Age of Coronavirus. Democracy Now, March 20, 2020.

Article, ft. Mariame Kaba — McMenamin, Lexi. What Is Mutual Aid, and How Can It Help With Coronavirus? Vice, March 20, 2020.

Audio, ft. Mariame Kaba — Organizer Mariame Kaba: We Need a People’s Bailout to Confront Coronavirus. Intercepted, March 19, 2020.

Article, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Rodriguez, Isidoro. Predators Behind the Badge: Confronting Police Sexual Misconduct. The Criminal Report, March 12, 2020.

Article, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Vagianos, Alanna. Bloomberg’s Stop-And-Frisk Was ‘State-Sanctioned Sexual Assault’ Of Men Of Color. Huffpost, March 2, 2020.

Article, ft. Mariame Kaba — Kaur, Harmeet. How ordinary citizens are wiping out millions of dollars in medical debt for others -- and how you can, too. CNN, March 1, 2020.

Audio, ft. Mariame Kaba — Duffy, Josie & Darnell Moore. Justice in America: Police Accountability. The Appeal, February 26, 2020.