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.”
Tulsi Gabbard is the only candidate in the race running on a platform of peace.
Two men with track records of advocacy and activism were kicked to the curb in favor of a man with practically no history of Black advocacy.
School closings are central to gentrification and Black dispersal from prime urban real estate.
Nnamdi Lumumba: all parties have a class charac
Suad Abdul Khabeer and Asha Noor joined with two other Muslim and Jewish women to publish an article titled, “How Targeting Ilhan Omar Instead of Wh
