Justice

Instead of addressing the roots of drug addiction, mental illness, and poverty, we’ve come to accept policing and incarceration as catch-all solutions. It’s time for a change.

A federal grand jury in Tennessee recently indicted two Grundy County Sheriff’s Officers for using excessive force against arrestees in separate incidents. According to...

“The program was fundamentally flawed in its false assumption that people of a particular religion or nationality pose a greater national security risk and should be subject to racial profiling.”

One day, in one life, when the attractions of the sensory world have lost their charm, when we begin to see the truth of the Buddha’s words – that desire is cause of all suffering; when television, video games, sex, drugs and alcohol fail to fill the inner emptiness; when we sit in a pub with a friend and ask aloud, what the point of it all is.

The United States has a history of forced sterilization policies that targeted disabled people, women of color, and those living in poverty.

“The U.S. government misread Cuba when it decided to invest so heavily in trying to instigate insurrection. We Cubans want to improve our country & move forward, not back to the times when we were the friendly playground of U.S. capital, corruption & ambition.”

If convicted, Slager faces a maximum sentence of life in prison for violating Scott’s civil rights under color of law.

“The good stuff never applies to people of color, ever.”

Law enforcement and U.S. military efforts during the Los Angeles riots created more harm than good.

"The agency has no business rubber-stamping the dumping of dangerous, disgusting chemicals without even trying to understand the risks."