IC in the News

Selected Stories, 2020-2023

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2020

Article, citing IC report — Rosen, Charlotte. The False Promise of Criminal Justice Reform. The Nation, January 5, 2022.

Podcast, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie. Pulling Back the Curtain on Police Propaganda with Andrea Ritchie. Black History Year, PushBlack, December 26, 2022.

Audio, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie. Texas Jury Convicted Ex-Police Officer Who Killed Atatiana Jefferson. The Takeaway, December 19, 2022.

Article, ft. Interrupting Criminalization webinar “Building Relationships with Journalists” — Martin, Adrienne Johnson. A different kind of activism. MLK50, December 13, 2022.

Podcast, ft. Mariame Kaba. Non Serviam Podcast #43 — No More Cops with Mariame Kaba. Non Serviam Media, December 4, 2022.

Interview with Shira Hassan — Hayes, Kelly. We Need Harm Reduction With a Liberatory Vision. Movement Memos, Truthout, December 1, 2022.

Podcast, ft. Mariame Kaba — Thomas, Traci. Ep. 243 Prison by Any Other Name by Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law — The Stacks Book Club (Mariame Kaba). The Stacks, November 30, 2022.

Interview with Andrea J. Ritchie — Hayes, Kelly. Abolition Is About Escaping the Death Trap of “Normalcy.” Movement Memos, Truthout, November 17, 2022.

Press release. Ann Snitow Prize awards organizer and educator Mariame Kaba. Ann Snitow Prize, November 15, 2022.

Interview ft. Mariame Kaba. — Newberry, Laura. When the world feels like it’s caving in, can hope for the future dig us out? LA Times, November 8, 2022.

Interview with Andrea J. Ritchie — Hayes, Kelly. Copaganda Arrests Our Imaginations. Movement Memos, Truthout, November 3, 2022.

Podcast, ft. Mariame Kaba — Thomas, Traci. Ep. 239 The Purpose of a System Is What It Does with Mariame Kaba. The Stacks, November 2, 2022.

Interview with Andrea J. Ritchie — Smith, Angelique. Andrea J. Ritchie discusses ‘No More Police: A Case for Abolition.’ Windy City Times, October 18, 2022.

Article, ft. Interrupting Criminalization webinar “Don’t Be A Copagandist” — Martin, Adrienne Johnson. Are you buying the copaganda? MLK50, October 11, 2022.

Article by Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie, excerpt from “No More Police.” Abolition Unfolds One Community At A Time. Next City, October 11, 2022.

Interview with Andrea J. Ritchie — Kolhatkar, Sonali. An Abolitionist Makes a Case for “No More Police." Yes Magazine, October 3, 2022.

Interview with Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie — Greenidge, Kaitlyn. "We Can Do Something Different": Andrea Ritchie and Mariame Kaba on Their New Book "No More Police." Harper’s Bazaar, September 30, 2022.

Article by Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie, excerpt from “No More Police.” Reimagining the Commons Is One Step Toward a Future Without Police. Truthout, September 16, 2022.

Article, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Lipson, Molly. Yellowjackets shows a world without police as disorderly. Abolitionists aren't buying it. Scalawag, September 13, 2022.

Op-ed, citing No More Police — Coffin, Lemy. A case for abolition in Northampton. Daily Hampshire Gazette, September 13, 2022.

Audio, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie. Deep Dive: Police Abolition. The Takeaway, September 9, 2022.

Podcast, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Simons, Sasha-Ann. ‘No More Police’ Is A Roadmap To A World Without Law Enforcement. Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons, September 6, 2022.

Podcast, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Kolhatkar, Sonali. No More Police: A Case for Abolition. Rising Up With Sonali, September 2, 2022.

Article by Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie, excerpt from “No More Police.” Why We Don’t Say ‘Reform the Police.’ The Nation, September 2, 2022.

Article by Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie, excerpt from “No More Police.” How Abolition Feminism Fuels the Movement For Black Liberation. Literary Hub, September 1, 2022.

Article by Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie, excerpt from “No More Police.” Reclaiming Safety. Inquest, August 30, 2022.

Interview, ft. Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie — Levin, Sam. ‘Police don’t produce safety’: the Black feminist scholars fighting for abolition. The Guardian, August 29, 2022.

Article, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie — Froio, Nicole. Police Are Being Removed From Schools for Sexual Assault. DAME Magazine, July 20, 2022.

Interview, ft. Mariame Kaba. Q & A with Mariame Kaba, founder and director of Project Nia, and co-founder and principal at Interrupting Criminalization. Heising-Simons Foundation, July 18, 2022.

Podcast, ft. Mariame Kaba — Williams, Dr. Kidada E. Interview - Mariame Kaba. Seizing Freedom, May 17, 2022.

Speech by Andrea J. Ritchie. Commencement Address. Scripps College, May 14, 2022. (Video)

Article, ft. “See You Soon” — Casanova, Stephanie. Moms in Cook County Jail read to their children for Mother’s Day: “I’m coming home soon.” Chicago Tribune, May 8, 2022.

Article, citing IC collaborative brief — Grant, Melissa Gira. The Growing Criminalization of Pregnancy. The New Republic, May 5, 2022.

Article, citing IC collaborative brief — Ananda, Kitana. Decriminalizing Abortion: Women of Color Continue to Lead the Fight for Reproductive Justice. Nonprofit Quarterly, April 28, 2022.

Podcast, ft. Mariame Kaba. Police w/ Mariame Kaba and Geo Maher. The Dig, Jacobin Magazine, April 15, 2022.

Podcast, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie. Episode 48: We've Always Been Here: The Radical Spirit of Black Abolitionist Feminisms. The Activist Files, Center for Constitutional Rights, March 24, 2022.

Article, citing Andrea J. Ritchie and Mariame Kaba — Threadcraft, Shatema. Like Breonna Taylor, Black women are often killed in private — even when it’s by police. The Washington Post, March 22, 2022.

Opinion, citing One Million Experiments — McCoy, Austin C. When Biden Says “Fund the Police,” It Should Spur Our Efforts to Defund Them. Truthout, March 19, 2022.

Podcast, citing One Million Experiments — Hayes, Kelly. Abolition Means Reclaiming the Commons and Rejecting Securitization. Truthout, February 3, 2022.

Audio, ft. Andrea J. Ritchie. Senate at an impasse over filibuster; COVID science with Dr. Swartzberg; LAPD collaterally kills 14-year-old Valentina Orellana Peralta days before Christmas; Plus the racism of Chicago’s automated traffic enforcement. UpFront, 94.1 KPFA, January 18, 2022.

Article, ft. Mariame Kaba — Jabali, Malaika. Abolitionist Mariame Kaba On What We Get Wrong About MLK’s 'I Have A Dream' Speech And Her New Arts Residency For Youth With Dreams Of Their Own. Essence, January 17, 2022.