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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

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

Chelsea Manning Faces Indefinite Solitary Confinement for Possessing Toothpaste and Magazines

August 13, 2015 Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination International Relations Legal Injustice Military Police State Prison spying Terrorism Whistleblower 6 Comments

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

Teen Imprisoned in Solitary Confinement for Years Without a Trial Kills Himself

June 12, 2015 Civil Rights Constitution Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Law and Order Legal Injustice Police Police Brutality Police State Prison Racism 1 Comment

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

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

Affluenza Strikes Again: DuPonte Heir Allowed to Walk Free After Being Convicted of Child Rape

April 1, 2014 Affluenza Corruption Criminal Justice Inequality Law and Order Money in Politics Prison 5 Comments

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

Racism, Mass Incarceration, and the United States “Justice” System

October 14, 2013 Criminal Justice Discrimination Inequality Prison Racism 1 Comment

Miscarriage Injustice

March 7, 2013 Abortion Civil Rights Conservative Inequality Law and Order Legal Injustice Prison Republicans Social Conservative Women's Rights 3 Comments

The Private Prisons of America

March 2, 2013 Corporatism Corruption Money in Politics Prison Private Prisons Privatization 8 Comments

The Tragedy of Two-Tiered Justice

February 24, 2013 Corporatism Corruption Inequality Legal Injustice Prison Private Prisons 4 Comments

The United States of Gun Violence

December 16, 2012 2nd Amendment Civil Rights Constitution Corporatism Deregulation Gun Control Law and Order Libertarian Partisan Fighting Prison Regulation 7 Comments

What Century are We Living In?

October 25, 2012 Civil Rights Conservative Law and Order Partisan Fighting Prison Progressive Religion in Politics Social Conservative Voting Leave a comment

The Criminalization of Student Behavior

October 25, 2012 Civil Rights Inequality Law and Order Prison Privatization Leave a comment

Private Prisons in the USA

October 21, 2012 ALEC Civil Rights Corporatism Corruption Money in Politics Policy Prison Private Prisons Privatization Republicans Social Conservative Supreme Court 1 Comment

Is Prison Labor the Updated Version of Slavery?

October 15, 2012 ALEC Civil Rights Corporatism Corruption Inequality Prison Private Prisons Privatization 3 Comments

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