WASHINGTON — Bye bye Bernie? Not this week (or last week). Hillary Clinton may be doing great in the polls — in fact, she’s already garnered enough delegates to become the first female Democratic nominee…
Topic: criminal justice reform
Senator Tom Cotton’s Reminder: Police Lives Matter, too
Coverage of the use-of-force incidences such as the shooting of Michael Brown, the suffocation of Eric Garner, and the death of Freddie Gray has created an “anti-cop” sentiment in the United States that many, including…
Rand Paul Visits GW Campus, Talks about Drugs, Libertarianism
Libertarian-leaning GOP presidential candidate for 2016, Rand Paul, visited George Washington University’s Foggy Bottom campus and spoke on his key issues: decriminalization of marijuana and revoking mandatory jail sentences for drug possession, onerous government surveillance…
Professors for Empty Prisons
Professors who rail against the imprisonment of blacks rarely show as much interest in black victims of crime. “In 1980, there were 500,000 Americans in prison or jail,” Jason Stanley writes in The Chronicle Review….