Politics Archive
Numbers. It’s what we seek. It’s the basis behind a lot of what is asked when someone states a “fact.” It’s data. It’s statistics. It’s also a count of HUMAN LIVES. In 336 days, there have been 355 mass shootings …
More than 44 years have passed since President Richard Milhous Nixon declared his “war on drugs.” That battle cry was proclaimed in June 1971 following the tumultuous 1960s that saw the United States transformed in many ways. During the decade, …
Policies that exclude and deny opportunity to specific groups of Americans are always counterproductive. Ultimately, any economic gains that may accrue to one group of people from reduced competition for perceived scarcity of resources will be offset by the lack …
Yesterday, a coalition of California child trauma advocates gathered in San Diego to advance a platform that seeks create policy change in the state and capitalize on a shifting climate around criminal-justice reform. The meeting was convened by the San …
By the Rev. Rubén Austria The video of a school resource officer violently slamming an African-American teenage girl to the floor and then dragging her across the classroom when she refused to get out of her seat spread across social …
Watching the proceedings on the floor of the House of Representatives Thursday on the occasion of the election and swearing-in of Rep. Paul Ryan (WI-) as the 54th Speaker of the House, one might be convinced that discord had been …
(a continuation of Empathy, Inclusion, and Moral Dialog or What Gets in the Way of Negotiating Social Justice? )A person values some states of affairs over others and acts accordingly.A person will not choose less behavior potential over more.A person …
Redundant to say the least, reading headline after headline of schools, churches and other public places being overtaken by yet another mass shooting is becoming too commonplace in the United States today. Most recently, there was a shooting in downtown …
The more one learns about our system of criminal justice, the more one must wonder about some of its senseless policies. That the United States incarcerates more of its citizens than any other country in the world is pretty much …
By Judge Steven Teske Juvenile Justice Information Exchange This hostility is not just measured by the number of arrests, but who we are arresting. When I visit cities around the country to deliver assistance, their data is similar to …
