The Washington Post gives its maximum four Pinocchios to the Trump administration for its statements on separation of family members at the Mexican border. Despite the president’s blaming Democrats for the situation, immigrant families are being separated primarily because the Trump administration in April began...
As the number of incarcerated youth in America continues to decline, and as youth detention facilities close, policymakers should utilize unused youth prisons for job creation, social services, business growth, and neighborhood revitalization, suggests the Urban Institute in a report released Tuesday. The authors of the...
The weekend began with seven people shot in just an hour on Chicago’s South Side. It ended with 10 people shot in two attacks on the West Side. By Monday morning, at least 56 people had been hit by gunfire in Chicago over the weekend....
Federal courts near the heavily traveled border in southern Arizona have always trafficked in immigration, smuggling and narcotics cases. President Trump’s “zero-tolerance” policy calling for criminal prosecution of all those caught illegally crossing the border has swiftly flooded courthouses from Texas to California, the New...
Few diseases provoke more fear than cancer. In developed countries like the U.S., we control infectious diseases with vaccines and antibiotics. Yet, modern medicine still struggles against cancer. Cancer kills 10 times more Americans than the flu virus, and it is second only to heart disease as...
Earlier this year, Richard Phillips—wrongfully convicted and locked up for 47 years— was finally exonerated and released at the age of 72. His reentry into society should be a happy occasion, but Phillips now faces an entirely new set of challenges. When the state makes such...