…in line to die. The Invention of the Police, The New Yorker, Jill Lepore. The police,” as a civil force charged with deterring crime, came to the United States from…

…states for ratification. The amendment provided that “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the…

…corporate and political elites conduct their business (which this is) affairs through “friendly” exchanges of favors and gifts, the result is corruption rendering democracy nonfunctional. Think Boss Tweed and Tammany…

…evidence shows that there are a lot of win-win policies out there. That if you eradicate poverty, that healthcare costs go down, crime goes down, kids perform much better in…

…Reich’s Substack and the Smirking Chimp The Washington Post calls Trump’s vision for a second term “authoritarian.” That vision includes mandatory stop-and-frisk. Deploying the military to fight street crime, break up gangs, and deport…

…Abrams, who pleaded guilty to 3 crimes. They where misdemeanors. Ah, John Poindexter who was convicted of 3 crimes. Those were thrown out on a mere technicality later. You had…

…But now, experts say, the crime has become more pervasive — and far more organized. In 2021, the FBI reports, SIM swaps robbed victims of more than $68 million. “You…

…the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), which investigates crime. It is notable that, for all their talk about law and order, the Republican-dominated legislature of Alabama and the state’s Republican…

…it is a crime to “influence a juror or try to threaten or bribe a witness or retaliate against anyone” connected to the case. Trump said he understood.  The next…

…an all-male courtroom in which she did not have the right to testify—for the crime of voting. In Missouri a voting registrar named Reese Happersett refused to permit suffragist Virginia…