This Department of Justice’s report on the Baltimore Police Department’s practices provides data for what the black community in Baltimore has said for years; they were ignored, criticized, and vilified.
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The Terrible Irony of Grindr at Rio 2016
The app Grindr was meant to be a safe space for Gay and Bisexual men, but its technological limitations have made it a tool to target LGBTQ communities. Nico Hines’ report in the Rio Olympic Village shows how this enabled irresponsible journalism.
Theresa May: A New Start for Britain?
Theresa May is a new entity. Like any other politician she will be loved by some, hated by others, and tolerated by most. She has policies I don’t agree with, policies I do. I wonder how long she will last considering her technically-not-elected status. But I hope she does well, not from a pro-Conservative perspective, but from a feminist one.
Protest votes don’t push revolution
A political revolution is long overdue, and it is fast approaching; the overwhelming support for Bernie Sanders proved that. However, throwing away your vote as a form of protest will do nothing to help the revolution, and might just help the antithesis of the progressive movement become President of the United States.
The War on Citizens
Through the 1980s and 1990s, federal and state governments increased sentences, limited parole, expanded the War on Drugs, and militarized the police. The predominant attitude, held by both conservatives and liberals, was that criminals and addicts were an enemy who needed punishment instead of rehabilitation.
July-August 2016 Edition Released
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How Ted Cruz exposed the GOP’s hypocrisy on Political Correctness
The backlash to Ted Cruz’s speech at the RNC demonstrates that the GOP’s stance on PC is hypocritical, fundamentally built upon self-interest and conditional on political advantage.
The Road to Policymaking
Danny Hosein, a recent graduate of the University of Pennsylvania law school worked as field organizer in the 2008 Obama-Biden campaign, a Non-profit relations coordinator at Greater D.C. Cares and as a Scoville Fellow at the Friends Committee on National Legislation. He spoke to Benjamin Collinger about his career and a variety of public affairs topics.
The Anti-Gay Legacy of the Commonwealth
Anti-gay attitudes in British colonial administrators, combined with the great power they had over provinces or territories in the colonies they ruled, created somewhat of a trickle-down phenomenon of the âtransmissionâ of such prejudices.
Why We Shouldnât Ignore The Fact That Brock Turner Was A Swimmer
Brock Turner has brought attention to sentencing in rape cases. Conor Young, a Trinity University student, states “So, the stage is set. All of the success he achieved in swimming contributed to the building of a boy who — according to official reports by his own female teammates — was uncomfortable to be around.”