Sandy Hudson is a multidisciplinary creative, writer, and activist. Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, Toronto Star, and HuffPost, among other publications. Hudson holds a JD from the UCLA School of Law and a MA in social justice education from the University of Toronto. She co-hosts the podcast Sandy and Nora Talk Politics and is co-author of the bestselling anthology Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada. Hudson is a co-founder of Black Lives Matter Canada, as well as the Black Legal Action Centre, a specialty legal aid clinic that services Black communities in Ontario. She is currently based in Los Angeles and is co-executive producer of the eight-part CBC documentary series Black Life: Untold Stories, an official selection of the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival.

"Hudson moves us past the failed rhetoric of police reform and provides a powerful analysis that reveals the harsh truth that policing produces neither safety nor justice and must be replaced by a world that meets people's basic needs."
--Alex S. Vitale, author of The End of Policing

"A lucid argument for defunding--and demilitarizing--the police."
--Kirkus Reviews

Publisher: Pantheon Books

Pub date: 2025-04-01

Length: 288 pages