Revolutionary, Fugitive, Legend: Remembering Assata Shakur
Shakur died in Cuba last week more than four decades after her daring 1979 prison escape.
The Indypendent
Obituaries
Legendary movement lawyer remembered warmly by people whose lives he touched.
Remembering ‘The Birdman’ of Tompkins Square Park
Dennis Leroy Edge: March 16, 1938 – September 1, 2023.
Marvin Mayfield Mourned as Bail Reform Battle Heats Up in Albany
He experienced New York’s system of mass incarceration. And then became a prominent activist in the fight to end it.
Michael Ratner was one of the most accomplished radical lawyers of his generation, representing clients from Attica to Guantanamo.…