Michelle Alexander

Michelle Alexander is a civil rights lawyer, activist, legal scholar and author of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (The New Press).

Only Revolutionary Love Can Save Us Now

Only Revolutionary Love Can Save Us Now Only Revolutionary Love Can Save Us Now

Martin Luther King Jr’s 1967 speech condemning the Vietnam War offers a powerful moral compass as we face the challenges of our time.

Mar 8, 2024 / Michelle Alexander

What I Learned From Susan Burton, a Modern-Day Harriet Tubman

What I Learned From Susan Burton, a Modern-Day Harriet Tubman What I Learned From Susan Burton, a Modern-Day Harriet Tubman

Reading her life story will change the way you view the world.

May 11, 2017 / Michelle Alexander

Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote

Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve the Black Vote

From the crime bill to welfare reform, policies Bill Clinton enacted—and Hillary Clinton supported—decimated black America.

Feb 10, 2016 / Feature / Michelle Alexander

Breaking My Silence

Breaking My Silence Breaking My Silence

For years I have written about mass incarceration, while staying mute about drones and other injustices. It is time to connect the dots.

Sep 4, 2013 / Editorial / Michelle Alexander

Obama’s Drug War

Obama’s Drug War Obama’s Drug War

The administration is promoting failed law enforcement programs as economic stimulus.

Dec 9, 2010 / Feature / Michelle Alexander

The New Jim Crow The New Jim Crow

How the war on drugs gave birth to a permanent American undercaste.

Mar 9, 2010 / Michelle Alexander

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