Now This Is Really Criminal

Now This Is Really Criminal

| Dec 16, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyThe media is fond of calling out our “do-nothing Congress.” Indeed, our national lawmakers’ last term was one of the least productive in history. But maybe that’s not such a bad thing. According to author John Whitehead, Congress has created, on average, 50 new crimes...
The Prison-Industrial Complex Takes Another Hit

The Prison-Industrial Complex Takes Another Hit

| Nov 17, 2015 | Peace / Security“Too many people are behind bars that don’t belong there,” declared a group demanding that America do away with its throw-’em-all-in-jail mass imprisonment policies. For nearly 50 years, politicians and prosecutors have pushed a no-mercy,...
White Supremacy Is Alive and All Too Well

White Supremacy Is Alive and All Too Well

| Sep 9, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyA New York Times obituary for Julian Bond, the civil rights icon who passed away this August, described the late leader as a “persistent opponent of the stubborn remnants of white supremacy.” Remnants? Hardly. Notwithstanding the hard-won gains of the 1960s, race...
Nonviolence for Whom?

Nonviolence for Whom?

| May 6, 2015 | Peace / SecurityFerguson. New York. Baltimore. As cities erupt after decades of oppression and violence at the hands of police, calls for nonviolence can be deafening. “Violence isn’t the answer,” the moralists chide when protesters throw rocks and clash with police....