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America Elects Trump, What this Means, How it Happened, and Who is to Blame

November 9, 2016 2016 Election Civil Rights Conservative Donald Trump extremism Insane Republicans Media Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Policy Progressive Republicans Voting 3 Comments

SCOTUS Erodes 4th Amendment, Legitimizing Evidence from Illegal Searches

June 24, 2016 4th Amendment Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination Law and Order Legal Injustice Supreme Court 5 Comments

Using Triangulation to Predict the Consequences of a Trump, Hillary, or Bernie Presidency

May 12, 2016 Bernie Sanders Civil Rights Conservative Corporatism Defense Policy Democrats Deregulation Donald Trump Educational Policy Environment Environmental Policy Foreign Policy Health Policy Hillary Clinton Immigration Policy Insane Republicans Money in Politics Partisan Fighting Policy Progressive Republicans Tax Policy Tea Party Trans-Pacific Partnership War 7 Comments

After Bernie’s Record-Setting Win in Michigan and a Strong Debate Performance, What is His Path Forward?

March 10, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Corporate Greed Corporatism Current Events democracy Democrats Environmental Policy Hillary Clinton Immigration Policy Money in Politics Policy Political Debate propaganda Trans-Pacific Partnership Undocumented Immigration 2 Comments

Rex Iverson’s Death Illustrates True “American Exceptionalism”

February 29, 2016 Defense Policy education Educational Policy Health Policy Inequality Policy Prison Privatization propaganda Tax Policy Taxation 5 Comments

The Progressive Cynic’s Case for Bernie Sanders: Part #1

January 26, 2016 2016 Election 2016 Primary Bernie Sanders Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination gay rights gender equality Hillary Clinton Immigration Policy Inequality marriage equality Policy political candidates Progressive Racism Women's Rights 1 Comment

Incarcerated and Incapacitated: The Failing State of Healthcare in Our Prison System

October 2, 2015 8th Amendment ALEC Civil Rights Constitution Corporate Greed Criminal Justice Guest Post Health Policy Legal Injustice Prison Private Prisons Racism 1 Comment

CDC Report on Opiate Epidemic: Since 2002, Addiction up by 63% and Overdoses up by 387%

July 8, 2015 Criminal Justice Discrimination Drug War Health Policy Police Police State Policy Regulation 1 Comment

Removing the Confederate Flag from Statehouses is Good but Ending the Slavery that it Represents is More Important

June 29, 2015 Civil Rights Conservative Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Police State Prison Private Prisons Racism Republicans 35 Comments

The Little-Known SCOTUS Case that Could Lead to a 21st Century 3/5 Compromise

June 3, 2015 Civil Rights Criminal Justice Discrimination Disenfranchisement Legal Injustice Police Prison Racism Supreme Court Voter Disenfranchisement Voting Voting Rights 3 Comments

SCOTUS Lets Police Violate Your 4th Amendment Rights by Claiming Ignorance of the Law

January 22, 2015 4th Amendment Civil Rights Criminal Justice Law and Order Police Police State Supreme Court 5 Comments

2014: The Year We Wish Could Be Redone

January 2, 2015 2014 Election Bush Civil Rights Criminal Justice Defense Policy Discrimination Ebola Health Policy ISIS Law and Order Media Net Neutrality Partisan Fighting Police Brutality Terrorism Torture Voting 6 Comments

NYPD Slows Down Arrests in Protest, Fails to Recognize Irony

December 31, 2014 Criminal Justice Current Events Drug War Law and Order Police 5 Comments

Eric Holder Resigns (Kind of): What will His Legacy be?

September 29, 2014 Criminal Justice Discrimination DOJ Domestic Surveillance Drones Drug War Obama Police Voting Rights 2 Comments

American Police are Currently Engaging in Legal Multi-Million Dollar Highway Robbery with their “Civil Asset Forfeiture” Programs

September 10, 2014 Criminal Justice Legal Injustice Police Police State 2 Comments

Understanding Privilege in America Today

September 8, 2014 Criminal Justice Discrimination gender equality Inequality Law and Order pay gap privilege Racism 3 Comments

Infographic: Private Prison Injustice

September 4, 2014 Corporate Greed Corporatism Corruption Criminal Justice Discrimination Legal Injustice Private Prisons Privatization 2 Comments

Studies: Legalizing Marijuana Reduces Overdoses and Domestic Violence, Increases Tax Revenue

August 29, 2014 Criminal Justice Drug War Marijuana Regulation Tax Policy 5 Comments

From Fallujah to Ferguson: the Dangerous Militarization of American Policing

August 18, 2014 1st Amendment Civil Rights Criminal Justice Discrimination Police Police Brutality Police State Racism 19 Comments

FL Prison Guards Boil Mentally Ill Inmate Alive, Don’t Get Charged with a Crime

May 26, 2014 8th Amendment Civil Rights Criminal Justice Drug War Prison Private Prisons Torture 2 Comments

Is the USA Center-Right? An Issue-by-Issue Breakdown

May 2, 2014 Abortion Conservative Defense Policy global climate change Gun Control Health Policy Immigration Policy Inequality Partisan Fighting Policy political candidates Progressive Regulation Tax Policy Taxation Women's Rights 12 Comments

The Eye in the Sky: American Police Develop Spy Planes to Video-Record Entire Neighborhoods

April 25, 2014 4th Amendment Constitution Criminal Justice Domestic Surveillance Police State spying 1 Comment

How and Why the USA Should Legalize and Regulate Drugs

March 10, 2014 Criminal Justice Discrimination Drug War Inequality Law and Order Marijuana Prison 2 Comments

Is Obama “Evolving” on Pot in the Same Way that He “Evolved” on Gay Marriage?

January 28, 2014 Criminal Justice DEA DOJ Drug War gay rights Marijuana Obama Partisan Fighting propaganda Leave a comment

Police Castrate Honor Student During Stop and Frisk

January 24, 2014 4th Amendment 8th Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Police Police Brutality Police State 12 Comments

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