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AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed pushed mass prisoner releases, bail elimination, and 'disinvestment' from jails Thu Sep 10 18:26:55 2026

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat running for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat, spent years calling for emptying prisons, scrapping cash bail, and dismantling what he calls America's "carceral state", positions now under fresh scrutiny in a tight general election. El-Sayed, an epidemiologist who won the Democratic primary to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters, built a paper […] The post Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed pushed mass prisoner releases, bail elimination, and 'disinvestment' from jails appeared first on American Almanac .

Abdul El-Sayed, the Democrat running for Michigan's open U.S. Senate seat, spent years calling for emptying prisons, scrapping cash bail, and dismantling what he calls America's "carceral state", positions now under fresh scrutiny in a tight general election. El-Sayed, an epidemiologist who won the Democratic primary to replace retiring Sen. Gary Peters, built a paper trail of decarceration advocacy stretching from April 2020 through at least October 2024. Substack posts, podcast transcripts, a co-authored study in The Lancet, a magazine article demanding the CDC adopt "decarceration" as public health policy, and a webinar appearance alongside a convicted murderer and a registered sex offender all document the same consistent position:…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Philadelphia schools brought a convicted felon and prison abolition group into classrooms for mandatory student workshops Thu Sep 3 19:00:50 2026

Pennsylvania's largest school district partnered with a self-described "revolutionary" organization to run mandatory "liberation" workshops for students, led in part by a convicted felon with a record of antisemitic statements. The School District of Philadelphia hosted a series of symposia between 2025 and 2026 organized through a partnership between a 10th-grade history teacher and the […] The post Philadelphia schools brought a convicted felon and prison abolition group into classrooms for mandatory student workshops appeared first on American Almanac .

Pennsylvania's largest school district partnered with a self-described "revolutionary" organization to run mandatory "liberation" workshops for students, led in part by a convicted felon with a record of antisemitic statements. The School District of Philadelphia hosted a series of symposia between 2025 and 2026 organized through a partnership between a 10th-grade history teacher and the W.E.B. Du Bois Movement School for Abolition and Reconstruction, an outfit that openly describes itself as a "political education program for aspiring revolutionaries." Among the facilitators who led sessions for children as young as seventh grade: Anthony Smith, who pleaded guilty to a felony for his role in torching a police car during the riots…Open

JUSTTHENEWS (Steven Richards) - Radical Democratic Socialist platform in the spotlight as candidates surge in primaries Tue Aug 11 03:09:46 2026

The Democratic Socialists of America platform contains radical proposals, from abolishing the Senate and office of the President to getting rid of police and prisons.