Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Linda Hirshman is a historian of social movements. Her previous books document the struggle for gay rights, against sexual harassment, and for labor reform. But her most recent book, “The Color of ...

Introduction: Reimagining American abolitionism -- 1. The making of a movement : progress, problems, and the ambiguous origins of the abolitionist project -- 2. The "just right of freedom" : enforcing ...

Since Roe was overturned, The Times has covered multiple dimensions of this historic moment. Most women see the decision as a step backward for the country. There has been a run on abortion pills ...

On New Year’s Day 1831, a youthful New England newspaperman with a political bent launched his latest venture in social reform, promising a new era in American abolitionism. In the first issue of the ...

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Gina Dent is an associate professor of feminist studies, history of consciousness, and legal studies, editor of , and has been a prison abolition activist for more than 25 years. (Photo credit: Amira ...

Charles Osborn, whom William Lloyd Garrison called “the father of all U.S. abolitionists,” has a new marker on his grave at Quakerdom Cemetery in Jackson Township. He now has his old gravestone, too, ...

“The abolitionists were the first to teach us that freedom must be shared, that justice must be collective, and that allyship is not performance but participation.” — Dr. Reiland Rabaka Episode 23 of ...

"Approximately one in 70 working people in the United States are employed by either the police or departments of corrections." In recent years, and in particular, in the aftermath of the Black Lives ...

The podcast, produced by the Detroit Justice Center, highlights how organizers are engaged in the hard work of abolishing police and prisons, and offers a counter-narrative to mainstream media reports ...