Attorney General Jeff Sessions claims crime has gone up in some U.S. cities because the Obama administration was too lenient in sentencing offenders. But the facts don’t back him up, according to Marc Mauer, executive director of The Sentencing Project, in Washington. “It’s discouraging that, in the 21st century, we’re making policy decisions based on sound bites and gut instincts rather than evidence,” said Mauer. “There is no lack of evidence to show that mass incarceration has been counter-productive to public safety and devastating for low-income communities of color.”
The epidemic reveals the stark truth, that the US dismantled and privatized its public health system, to fatten the pockets of the oligarchy and render working people more helpless and dependent.
COVID-19 is not just a health emergency. It has exposed the causes of inequality and suffering in this country.
Only the demise of the Democratic Party can free up the potential of the people to resolve the many problems created by capitalism and imperialism.
Coronavirus is just an extension of the war that we've been forced to fight under capitalism.
If you’re feeling exceptionally feverish or feverishly exceptional pull a tight-fitting, cherry red MAGAT cap over your forehead and eyes. Tight
