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2022 Emmy Awards

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How to do away with copaganda: Three Emmy-nominated shows to watch with an abolitionist lens

by Kaitlin Fontana, Rebecca Bodenheimer and Naa Djama Attoh-Okine September 16, 2022December 4, 2023

"I hope there's someone in the writers' room with an abolitionist mindset. Because I know how the cop closure ending goes. We all do. We've seen it. What else is possible?"

Posted inRACE & PLACE

Only Murders in the Building exemplifies the lies in 'true' crime

by Adedoyin "Ade" Adeniji and Bria Massey September 16, 2022December 4, 2023
Posted inPOLITICS & THE PEOPLE

The Dropout dramatizes Elizabeth Holmes' fraudulent rise. Endless military funding is also a scam.

by Bria Massey September 13, 2022December 4, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Yellowjackets shows a world without police as disorderly. Abolitionists aren't buying it.

by Molly Lipson September 13, 2022December 4, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

RuPaul's Drag Race visibilizes queerness—and the police state

by Sezin Koehler September 12, 2022December 4, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

The White Lotus is supposed to be satire. Hawaiians deserve the last laugh.

by Mariah Rigg September 12, 2022December 4, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Abbott Elementary and the promise of schools without cops

by Eteng Ettah September 12, 2022December 4, 2023

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