The only real solution to reducing violence is reducing inequality. By Andy Thayer | Originally Published at In These Times. January 23, 2015 | Photographic Credit; Erin Nekervis / Flickr [ For decades, every Chicago mayoral election has featured calls more for hiring more cops. Emanuel and [...]
By Raynard Sanders, Ed.D. | Originally Published atThe New Orleans Tribune. January 22, 2015 | In August 2012, Recovery School District Superintendent Patrick Dobard gets off the school bus at James Weldon Johnson Elementary School in New Orleans. Since then, Johnson – which was one of the [...]
Introductory Essay By Betsy L. Angert | Photographic Credit; Juvenile Justice Life on the Island — Rikers. Five Corporations You've Never Heard of Are Making Millions From Mass Incarceration — It begins in our schools. You may have heard the word. Schools have become a Pipeline-To-Prison, or [...]
By William C. Anderson | Originally Published at TruthOut. January 16, 2015 11:45 AM EST |
Governor Snyder’s State of the State may be more remembered for his imagery than his policy pronouncements. Snyder called for “revolutionizing how government operates” to move all Michiganders into the “river of opportunity.” For Snyder, and those who support him, this may not be a [...]
Outraged by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio’s statements concerning the killing of Eric Garner, Patrick Lynch, the longtime leader of the New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association (PBA), the NYPD’s officers union, recently made the outrageous assertion that the Mayor had “blood on [...]
Public defenders know that the trouble with our justice system extends far beyond abusive policing. Jonathan Rapping | Originally Published at The Nation. January 12, 2015 | Photographic Credit; by Wally Gobetz/Flickr One has to admire the way we, as a country, have paid tribute to [...]
By Paul Buchheit | Originally Published at AlterNet. January 11, 2015 || Photographic Credit; Flickr/US Department of Education New data reveals our public—not private—school system is among the best in the world. New data reveals our public—not private—school system is among the best in the world. [...]
By Tim Wise | Originally Published at Tim Wise. January 8, 2015 | Image Credit; Twitter Many years ago, when discussing the issue of hate speech and how it should be addressed on college campuses, my friend Paul Gallegos at Evergreen State College smiled and said, “Ya [...]
