We grieve the killing of Renee Nicole Good, a 37 year-old mother and legal observer, by Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis yesterday—an act of state violence that has stolen a life and reverberates through an already-wounded community. This is not an isolated incident, but the

Fifteen essays coedited by a collective of award-winning incarcerated writers, featuring contributions from Lacy M.

You may have heard that Avelo Airlines is the only commercial airline with a contract with ICE to operate deportation flights. Avelo Airlines’ customer base is folks, perhaps like you, who are traveling next week to visit friends and family. As Unitarian Universalists, we know that each person

We are witnessing further consolidation of authoritarianism in the U.S. with 35,000 US troops deployed domestically. This increase in militarization at home and abroad doesn’t make anyone safer. We know UUs are showing up in this moment to resist.

We are living through a period of rapidly escalating criminalization and repression. From the armed military occupation of Washington, DC, to the proposed “Crime” bill in Congress, to yet another tragic school shooting, to the renewed detention of Kilmar Abrego Garcia, to the rushed deportations...

In times like these, our faith does not retreat. It rises. Unitarian Universalism is not a tradition that turns away from the world’s pain. It is a living faith rooted in covenant and shaped by generations of activists and prophets—people who believed that revelation is ongoing, that every

Freakonomics for the law—how applying behavioral science to the law can fundamentally change and explain misbehavior

Urgent and empathetic, Entry Lessons is one of the first examinations of the lasting impact of incarceration on women and their families

The 2021-2022 UUA Common ReadA groundbreaking new vision for public safety that overturns more than 200 years of fear-based discrimination, othering, and punishment

In January 2021, immigrant communities, organizers, and their allies met the change in the US Presidential Administration with determination and courage, focused on ending the cruel, xenophobic policies from the Trump administration. Envisioning a pathway toward healing, over 20 immigrant-led

When I think about our 7th principle of Unitarian Universalism, the “interdependent web of existence of which we are a part,” I envision the way a small touch on one strand of a spider web makes the whole web shake. Last month, with our partners at the American Friends Service Committee, we

Uplifting Sacred Possibility Imagine a world where everybody - every body - was treated as truly sacred. Every body, whatever shape, size, expression, ability - was revered as one of the infinite expressions of the Divine. A reflection of God. An opportunity to celebrate the holy diversity that

On Jan. 15-21, demand corporations stay out of policing our communities and end their involvement in Cop City!The Atlanta Police Foundation is trying to use millions of tax dollars and millions in corporate contributions to build one of the largest militarized police training facilities in the

On January 11, Side With Love joined our partners at the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee and American Friends Service Committee to learn about the history of police foundations and the threat they pose to democracy. We took a close look at the funding behind APF—and explored how people...

Justice Gatson founded the Reale Justice Network in Kansas City, Missouri. Among other social justice issues, it focuses on ending the cash bail system, a national issue that disparately affects people of color.

Book to note: Redemption Songs: A Year in the Life of a Community Prison Choir.

"People of faith, particularly those of us who are white progressives, need to combat the systems of criminalization in our country. Systems of policing and criminalization in this country are inherently violent, steeped in and created to reinforce white supremacy, anti-blackness, and racialized...

Please join our ad-hoc group of Indigenous people and allies to urge your Members of Congress to take appropriate actions to protect the lives of our Indigenous loved ones – and all people – living in federal prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic.   ...

A journalist on the front lines in a battle for criminal justice reform in Spokane, Washington.