Think Outside the Bars
Why real justice means fewer prisons.
Beyond Prisons
Issue
58
Summer
2011
The United States locks up more people than any other country, but that hasn't made us safer. The drug war jails thousands of nonviolent addicts. Taxpayers and poor communities lose as states slash social programs to pay for prisons. There's a better way—compassion, not punishment; restoration, not isolation. It's less costly, more humane—and it works.
Why the warden of Hawaii’s only women’s prison creates a sanctuary for its residents.
A long-overdue tribute to a leading Vietnam-era voice of protest.
Film reviews from the Summer 2011 issue.
Bank of America’s 2009 pre-tax income: $4.4 billion; amount Bank of America paid in taxes in 2009: $0 ...
YES! reviews the latest book from offbeat activist Diane Wilson.
Musical inspiration while putting out the Summer 2011 issue: Million to One, You Are Not Alone, and Songs for Japan.
How bees can save us—but only if we save them.
A video primer from Al Jazeera for would-be nonviolent revolutionaries everywhere.
Personal stories of life beyond bars.
My brother and I don’t always agree, but I defend his innocence, and I’ll never walk out on him again.
The American problem with mass incarceration is less about crime than it is about how—and who—we lock up.
Video: 2.3 million people behind bars. How to stop wasting lives and money.
Maya Soetoro-Ng reflects on her childhood with brother Barack, her own family and children, and how to keep everyone connected.