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.”
Pulse oximeters give biased results for people with darker skin, and the consequences can be serious.
We must at every instance solve the question of how to fund the revolution without becoming subservient or dependent on our oppressors.
The Green Party’s presidential pick discusses his foreign and domestic policy positions.
“Black August” Honors Captives of Armed Struggle
Dr Sasha Turner, professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, says more extensive use of midwives would reduce skyrocketing increases in maternal birth difficulties, worldwide
