Maya Schenwar
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Chicago, IL, United States
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Past articles by Maya:
Let 2023 Be the Year of Dismantling Incarceration
I asked organizers working to dismantle incarceration what is giving them hope for 2023. Here’s what they shared. → Read More
Angela Davis, Gina Dent, Erica Meiners and Beth Richie Talk Abolition Feminism
A new book coauthored by the four abolitionists emphasizes the grassroots and internationalist nature of the movement. → Read More
Fentanyl drug overdose deaths are rising. But Biden is pushing a policy that doesn't work.
Drug overdose deaths in the U.S. have reached more than 100,000, due to fentanyl and its analogs, but the Biden administration is pushing for a policy that would only make things worse. → Read More
My Sister Died of an Overdose. Defunding the Police Might Have Saved Her.
It’s time to acknowledge we can’t arrest our way out of the overdose crisis. → Read More
They Are Concentration Camps – and They Are Also Prisons
Asylum seekers have been ensnared by the prison-industrial complex, a system of death and destruction. → Read More
The Midterms Did Not Stop the March of Fascism, But We Can
We currently lack the united front to fight fascism in this country. That front is necessary, because fascism is rising. → Read More
I'm in Labor and Wondering: Why Doesn't the World Recognize This as Work?
It is some of the hardest work I've ever completed, but it will never be recorded on a timesheet. → Read More
Maya Schenwar | A Call to the Media: Let's Go Beyond "Preserving Democracy"
Let's be a force for upending, dismantling and creating. → Read More
Beyond Reform, Toward the End of Policing: An Interview With Alex Vitale
It's time to rethink the very mission behind policing. → Read More
Centering Women of Color Is Key to Understanding and Resisting Police Violence
An interview with author Andrea Ritchie. → Read More
Remaking Media in the Pursuit of Justice
Do media outlets have a role to play in the movement for a better world? → Read More
"Stop-and-Frisk" for Caregivers: How Expanded Mandated Reporting Laws Hurt Families
Universal mandatory reporting laws increase complaints but do not reduce violence against children, research shows. → Read More
It's Time to Dismantle Trump's Murder Budget and Defund Militarism
Trump's budget proposal is an attack on our survival. Yet in order to truly challenge his devastating cuts, we have to confront their flip side: the fortification of US militarism, which is already devastating our country and the world. We have to make a real break with militarism itself -- and stop taking all forms of state violence for granted. → Read More
Life After Exoneration: Alison Flowers Discusses What Comes Next
An exoneration is not a fairytale with a happy ending. It is the beginning of the painful process of rebuilding a life. → Read More
"Fast Fashion": Anne Elizabeth Moore on the Global Garment and Sex Trades
Drawing on the success of the Ladydrawers series, Anne Elizabeth Moore and her team of feminist writers and artists tackle the global garment industry in their new comic book, Threadbare. Truthout Editor-In-Chief Maya Schenwar asks Moore about the new book and the connections it uncovers between clothing manufacturers, anti-trafficking advocates and the sex trade. → Read More
When Prison Reform Means Prison Expansion
Although ''prison reform'' is gaining steam in progressive and conservative circles alike, it doesn't always look like progress. → Read More
80,000 Americans Are Trapped in Solitary ConfinementâWe Must Speak Out on Their Behalf
An interview with the editors of the new book, "Hell Is a Very Small Place: Voices From Solitary Confinement." → Read More
Why We Must Listen to Survivors of Solitary Confinement
Editors Jean Casella and Sarah Shourd discuss how the movement to end solitary is growing -- inside and outside prisons. → Read More
To Make Health Care for All a Reality, Stop Killing People
Much of our tax money that could be funding universal health care is instead funneled toward prisons, policing and war. → Read More
Beyond Reform: Abolishing Prisons
Is the problem simply that too many people are incarcerated--or is incarceration a problem, in and of itself? → Read More