In Our Future, We Are Free

Praise for In Our Future We Are Free: “A triumphant story of how young people, parents and their allies reclaimed a future for themselves and generations to come.” —Van Jones, CNN host and founder of DreamMachine.org “In this fraught political time when it seems that all organized human rights movements are in constant peril, social justice journalist Nell Bernstein’s account of this panoramic grassroots victory over the brutal policies formerly embedded in the juvenile incarceration system reminds us what can still be possible despite the reactionary leanings of those who hold the reins of power.” —Richard Price, author of Clockers and screenwriter of The Wire “Nell Bernstein is a national treasure whose passion and research enrich us all.” —Tananarive Due, Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner for The Reformatory “Award-winning journalist Nell Bernstein chronicles the remarkable, family-led movement that has transformed youth incarceration in America—cutting the number of children in cages by 75 percent. Through powerful storytelling and deep reporting, Bernstein delivers a gripping, hopeful testament to the power of love, resistance, and redemption in an era hungry for change.” —Chesa Boudin, executive director of The Criminal Law & Justice Center at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law