In the age of #MeToo, learn how brave whistleblowers have dared to lift the federal court’s veil of secrecy to expose powerful judges who appear to defy laws they have sworn to uphold.

The 2021-2022 UUA Common Read

A groundbreaking new vision for public safety that overturns more than 200 years of fear-based discrimination, othering, and punishment

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

A profound offering and call to action—collective stories, testimonials, and incantations for renewing political and spiritual liberation grounded in Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and Queer and Trans healing justice lineages

A timely examination of the ways Black women, Indigenous women, and other women of color are uniquely affected by racial profiling, police brutality, and immigration enforcement.

The 2015-2016 UUA Common Read

A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.

2021 General Assembly Ware Lecturer

The inspiring and eye-opening true story of one man’s undying belief in the power of a fully enfranchised nation

A persuasive primer on police abolition from two veteran organizers

An exploration of how emergent strategies can help us meet this moment, survive what is to come, and shape safer and more just futures.

Part of the Emergent Strategy Series