By Stephen Lendman Sentencing Project Executive Director Marc Mauer‘s a leading expert on sentencing, race, and criminal justice. For 25 years, it’s “work(ed) for a fair and effective criminal justice system by promoting reforms in sentencing law and practice, and alternatives to incarceration.” Share on Facebook
By Patrick Martin. Republished with permission from WSWS. Picture of Obama signing NDAA courtesy of Forbes. President Barack Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law on New Year’s Eve. The bill provides a massive $662 billion for the US war machine and makes unprecedented inroads into democratic rights, authorizing the US military [...]
Change Washington’s Priorities? Here’s How! Armando Gutierrez, Ph.D. The Occupy America movement taps into a fundamental American grievance: the irrelevancy of most Americans to the political process. Policies are enacted that affect each of us in profound ways and we have no say. Our tax dollars are scattered hither and yon, often with zero accountability, [...]
NOW THAT THE UTTERLY SHAMELESS CONGRESSIONAL ERRAND BOYS FOR THE OLIGARCHY ARE WORKING HARD TO SHUT DOWN OR PRIVATIZE THE UNITES STATES POSTAL SERVICE, ONE OF THE MOST NECESSARY AND APPRECIATED PUBLIC AGENCIES IN THE UNITED STATES (and one that is self-funded, mind you), and a major employer, to boot, with little or no opposition [...]
by Tom Burghardt Antifascist Calling… The partisan furor surrounding the collapse of solar equipment manufacturer Solyndra, a Fremont, Calif. firm which secured a $535 million government loan from the Energy Department, underscores congressional hypocrisy when it comes to widespread cronyism and corruption. Share on Facebook
By Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet Tar Sands Criminal Imbecility to Sweep Scross the US. Obama already gave his approval. Are these protests too little too late? And why does the Obama betrayal fail to surprise us? What tactics do we need to deploy?—Eds Actress Daryl Hannah (Bladerunner, Kill Bill, Splash) and other environmental activists were arrested [...]
by Tom Burghardt Antifascist Calling… We live in an age where insider deals, conflicts of interest, revolving doors between “regulators” and the “regulated” (lubricated with oceans of cash) accompanies the generalized looting of social wealth by deviant capitalist elites. Share on Facebook
by Tom Burghardt Antifascist Calling… Forget your rights. As corporate overlords position themselves to seize what little remains of a tattered social net (adieu Medicare and Medicaid! Social Security? Au revoir!), the Obama administration is moving at break-neck speed to expand police state programs first stood-up by the Bush government. Share on Facebook
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