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The Gray Area with Sean Illing cover image

Best of: Imagine a future with no police

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

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Becoming Abolitionists, by Derica Purnell

Derica Purnell is a lawyer and activist whose 2021 book, Becoming Abolitionists, chronicles her journey from police, abolition, skeptic to someone now dreaming up a world without the police. Derica's work holds a mirror up to the institution of policing and questions not only its origins, but who it serves and harms today. Fabio Lasinius: What would America look like if we poured its large police budgets into other public safety measures, into healthcare, into education, and into housing?

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