Police Have No Duty to Protect the Public - The American Prospect
WEBApr 18, 2022 · A passenger looks out at the 36th Street subway station on April 13, 2022, where a shooting attack occurred the previous day. Supreme Court precedent holds that American police have no legal obligation to protect the public. Last Wednesday, after a 24-hour search, a suspect was apprehended in the New York City Sunset Park subway …
Why We Must Legalize Marijuana - The American Prospect
WEBMay 28, 2019 · For decades, millions of Americans have been locked up and billions of dollars have been wasted. It's also deepened racial and economic inequality. We must end this nonsensical prohibition. The facts are staggering. In 2017, more Americans were arrested for marijuana possession than for murder, rape, aggravated assault and …
The Decade in 11 Movements - The American Prospect
WEBJan 8, 2020 · Overall, 11 progressive movements that helped define the decade will also shape the future. 1. Occupy Wall Street. It began in Zuccotti Park on September 17, 2011, and quickly spread to hundreds of cities. Within a few weeks, police had pushed protesters out of local parks.
Congress Proposes $500 Million for Negative News Coverage of …
WEBFeb 9, 2022 · A tech and manufacturing bill currently moving through Congress allocates $500 million for media outlets to produce journalism for overseas audiences that is critical of China. Meant to “combat Chinese disinformation,” the bill would direct funding to the U.S. Agency for Global Media, a U.S.-run foreign media service, as well as local ...
Election 2024 The American Prospect
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This, Too, Is America - The American Prospect
WEBJan 18, 2021 · This, Too, Is America. American exceptionalism died on January 6th, when the Second Civil War began. African Americans were not surprised. The National Mall before the storming of the U.S. Capitol, January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. After seven long days of how-did-this-happen-here recriminations, Donald J. Trump entered the …
The Future of Labor in Post-Pandemic America
WEBApr 29, 2020 · The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the savage inequality, injustice, and failures of our economic and political system. The combination of COVID-19 and growing economic collapse has created extraordinary, and urgent, opportunities to organize and fight for that better world. We face horrifying consequences if we fail.
What Really Happened on October 7? - The American Prospect
WEBMarch 20, 2024. Expand. Tsafrir Abayov/AP Photo. The battle-scarred home in Kibbutz Be’eri, in Israel near the Gaza border, where Hamas held more than a dozen hostages when it overran southern Israel on October 7, 2023. It’s October 7, 2023, a few minutes before 7 a.m. A gang of Hamas fighters in a stolen pickup drives up upon a roadside ...
The Rise of the Private Police - The American Prospect
WEBMar 3, 2021 · In the United States, private security officers outnumber the public police by nearly 2 to 1, with 1.1 million private security guards to 665,000 public police officers in 2019, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. In financial terms, the U.S. industry boasted a $38.5 billion revenue in 2019. The rise of private security means that ...
Staggering Loss of Black Wealth Due to Subprime Scandal …
WEBOct 13, 2014 · The relative lack of black wealth is a complex problem with roots going back to slavery, exacerbated by decades of institutional racism. In 2010, the median wealth for white families was $124,000; for black families it was a …
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