Tag: incarceration
New report shows persistent racial and ethnic disparities in youth incarcerations
While youth incarceration has dropped by almost half over the last decade, Back and American Indian youth are more likely to be incarcerated than white youth.
Nationwide prison strike in its fourth day, reports of action coming...
"This is a human rights campaign and each of these demands should be understood through a human rights lens."
Pity the Children
If we continue to ignore the hunger, poverty and desperate families and communities of our young, we guarantee there will be a huge, violent population plagued by crime, drug addiction and high incarceration rates. If we save the children, we save society.
Boycott, Divest and Sanction Corporations that Feed on Prisons
Mass incarceration has turned into a huge revenue stream for corporations as the for-profit prison industry is worth about $70 billion. Attempts to reform the industry are useless at a political level. So how can we fix it?
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Is Trump so desperate he’d risk getting shot to regain the White House? Without...
How can Trump end up looking like the dumbest, lyingest punk operative who ever escaped from the sneaky Naked City?
Fifth annual assessment of air pollution ranks cities, nations and regions around the world
The study confirmed that only six countries met the World Health Organization’s (WHO) updated safe levels of the deadly air pollutant, particulate matter (PM) 2.5.
Cancer patients challenge Biden admin’s refusal to lower price of lifesaving drug
“This is a drug that was invented with taxpayer dollars by scientists at UCLA and can be purchased in Canada for one-fifth the U.S. price."
What red state vs. blue state looks like to an ant
Signs of decline and decay are all around us, behind the glitter and the glitz.
Biden administration unveils nation’s first Ocean Climate Action Plan
“This Ocean Climate Action Plan is the first comprehensive approach that the U.S. has taken to leveraging the power of the ocean in the fight against climate change.”