Mariame Kaba

Mariame Kaba is a leading prison and police abolitionist. She is the founder and director of Project NIA and the cofounder of Interrupting Criminalization. She is the author of the New York Times best seller We Do This ’Til We Free Us and co-author (with Andrea J. Ritchie) of No More Police (The New Press) and lives in New York City.

SocietySeptember 2, 2022

Why We Don’t Say “Reform the Police”

Reforms that leave policing’s core functions in place will not prevent state violence against Black people. To build a better society, we must abolish policing altogether.

Mariame Kaba and Andrea J. Ritchie
FeminismAugust 21, 2014

How to End the Criminalization of America’s Mothers

Other countries provide childcare and income supports for poor mothers; in the United States, we arrest them.

Sarah Jaffe , Mariame Kaba , Randy Albelda and Kathleen Geier
FeminismApril 17, 2014

Where Twitter and Feminism Meet

What role should the social platform play as the feminist movement continues to grow?

Mariame Kaba , Andrea Smith , Lori Adelman and Roxane Gay

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Mariame Kaba

SocietySeptember 2, 2022

Reforms that leave policing’s core functions in place will not prevent state violence against Black people. To build a better society, we must abolish policing altogether.

FeminismAugust 21, 2014

Other countries provide childcare and income supports for poor mothers; in the United States, we arrest them.

FeminismApril 17, 2014

What role should the social platform play as the feminist movement continues to grow?