Reform
Bail reforms across the US have shown that releasing people pretrial doesn’t harm public safety
Bail reforms across the US have shown that releasing people pretrial doesn’t harm public safety Bail reforms across the US have shown that releasing people pretrial doesn’t harm public safety, and can even reduce mass pretrial incarceration. The majority of people in jail awaiting trial are unable to pay bail money, and are often held […]
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A radical proposal to abolish state government and strengthen American democracy
A radical proposal to abolish state government and strengthen American democracy Stephen Legomsky, a legal scholar, proposes abolishing state government and moving most functions to local levels in his book “Reimagining the American Union”. The author argues that states are the root cause of many threats to US democracy, including the Electoral College, gerrymandering, and […]
🏛️ Politics
Medicare Advantage is covering more and more Americans − some because they don’t get to choose
Medicare Advantage is covering more and more Americans − some because they don’t get to choose Since the mid-2000s, the Medicare system has dramatically transformed. Enrollment in Medicare Advantage – the private alternative to the traditional Medicare program administered by the government – has more than quadrupled. It now accounts for the majority of Medicare […]
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The never-ending sentence: How parole and probation fuel mass incarceration
The never-ending sentence: How parole and probation fuel mass incarceration The U.S. operates one of the largest and most punitive criminal justice systems in the world. On any given day, 1.9 million people are incarcerated in more than 6,000 federal, state and local facilities. Another 3.7 million remain under what scholars call “correctional control” through […]
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