What does it cost to stand beside the condemned?In The Embodiment of Abolition, death penalty abolitionists Jeff Hood and Alli Sullivan offer an unflinching account of life on the front lines of the fight against state killing. This is not a book of statistics or detached policy arguments. It is a raw, embodied testimony from two activists who have written the letters, made the visits, walked the final miles, and witnessed friends strapped to gurneys and k...

When a CEO is shot on a Manhattan sidewalk and the accused becomes an internet folk hero, what does justice actually require?In December 2024, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down outside a Midtown hotel. Within days, Luigi Mangione—a 26-year-old valedictorian with no prior record—was in federal custody. Within weeks, the internet had made him a saint. Within months, Attorney General Pam Bondi announced via social media graphic that the federal gover...