The conversation about incarceration is slowly changing: The Economist’s not-exactly-progressive columnist Lexington recently slammed the United States for a prison system that involves 1 in 31 adults and targets people of color. It’s not every day that a major international publication calls out the U.S. for its tendency… Read more
Monthly Archives: April 2009
Economist: Too Many Americans Are Behind Bars
Shoveling Water: War on Drugs, War on People
The way the U.S. has fought its “War on Drugs,” much like its “War on Terror”, has severely damaged our credibility as a promoter of human rights across the United States and around the world. The U.S. has sent billions in counter-narcotics aid to support ineffective and inhumane policies,… Read more
For Youth and Adults, Solitary Is Torture
With Stimulus Passed, What Now?
This is a guest post by Jerome Ringo, the President of the National Apollo Alliance, one of our key allies in the movement for green-collar jobs.
Apollo Alliance Answers $789 billion Question
Today’s news is filled with images of an economy in crisis —… Read more