College of Staten Island professor and archivist Dr. James Kaser wrote the study of the Island’s Elliottville.

Almost 10 years after they first began discussing the book, authors Rachel Herzing and Justin Piché discussed their recently released novel, “How to Abolish Prisons: Lessons from the Movement Against ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By William G. Thomas III THE COLOR OF ABOLITION How a Printer, a Prophet, and a Contessa Moved a ...

From the Underground Railroad and legal aid for oppressed people to legislative lobbying and military service, a new book, written by Rochester Institute of Technology History Professor Richard Newman ...

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 ...

The crushed remains of a dilapidated house on Route 10 in Marshville, south of Canajoharie, may look like just another rundown building. But research compiled in a book published recently by the ...

Let’s unpack prison abolition and how the U.S. came to incarcerate 2 million people. The United States incarcerates more people than any other nation in the world, and people across the political ...

Derecka Purnell draws from her experience as a human rights lawyer in her new book, published this month, “Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom,” to argue that police ...

BEDFORD, NEW BEDFORD IS A CITY RICH IN HISTORY. PEOPLE UNDERSTOOD THAT NEW BEDFORD AND MASSACHUSETTS WERE SAFE PLACES FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS. PEOPLE DIDN’T CARE WHAT COLOR YOU WERE. YOU COULD GET A JOB ...

FITCHBURG — One local artist is giving back to the greater community in a profound way through a vivid and powerful mural creation at Abolitionist Park. The work of Digi Chivetta is prominently on ...