“The Economist” just published a fantastic analysis of the American justice system in a piece called — “Rough Justice in America: Too Many Laws, Too Many Prisoners” — and when one in 99 citizens is doing time, we need to re-examine the social fabric of our nation and start asking what went wrong with crime deterrence and inmate rehabilitation. We write this Carceral Nation blog to help unskew injustice in a dangerous world.
History was made this month in Omaha, Nebraska as a judge threw out a frivolous lawsuit while confirming that a land grant university is required to offer a fairly priced education to the citizens of a state if they meet residency requirements.
We are — and always have been — a nation founded by immigrants and a people of immigrants. We spin in a transient world. Yet, there are some among us who believe majority occupation sets nation lines and international boundaries and that location, and not morality, should determine citizenship.
In the world of sales, if a sales person were to make one hundred thousand calls and were unable to make even a single sale, that person would undoubtedly be fired. Similarly, if a group of scientists were trying to prove that a certain sort of amoeba existed in a particular environment and searched in one hundred thousand different locations and found no amoeba, it would make sense to conclude that the amoeba was not going to likely be found in that environment.
Continue reading → Is It Worth a Search If Nothing Is Ever Found?
I find it horrifically fascinating that we, The United States of America
— a nation born of immigrants — and yet, when the same immigrants
reach out to our shores and cross our borders searching for a better
life of well-being, we shun them as cravenly as the Original
Native American Founding Fathers shunned us with guns and defense
lines. Arizona should be ashamed of its Racist immigration policy that
only damages and harms and does nobody any good.
The USA is losing its immigrant mind! The landed have traditionally helped build America into what it is today: A great mosaic of thoughts, colors and dreams. Today, because of punishing politics and a shrinking world, Harvard University reports immigrants are returning to their homeland instead of building a better life in the USA. An entire generation of immigrants is giving up on their American Dream and I’m not sure if we can blame them for the departure.
I am not a Gay Man, but I as a child of the theatre and a man of the moment, I certainly appreciate and understand the human struggle for Gay equality and equity in America — and while my support has not always been perfect, I appreciate the dedication and vision of Gay Men’s Health Crisis and the work they do to serve and educate all the people of the world.
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