We are always telling people how the growing prison-
industrial complex (PIC) is all about making money off of prisoners, but we need to understand precisely how this is being done so that we can explain it to the general public and...
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16 January 2002
Roughly 30 years ago prison activists
began to promote the concept of
“alternatives to prisons.” The alternatives they had in mind were halfway houses, probation, and other less punitive forms of supervision and rehabilitation. “...
16 January 2002
News media editorials frequently call for an end to the violence in the Middle East
and a return to the peace process by the Palestinians and Israelis. (The
Palestinians call it the “piece” process—While the negotiators talk, the...
16 January 2002
The following article appeared on the website: consortiumnews.com.
Major national news outlets have gone silent in the face of evidence that they published misleading stories about the Florida presidential recount. The New...
Major national news outlets have gone silent in the face of evidence that they published misleading stories about the Florida presidential recount. The New...
16 January 2002
If terrorists turn a US nuclear plant into
a radioactive holocaust, the House of
Representatives wants you to pay for it. But the Senate can still say otherwise.
The House voted November 28 in virtual secret to shield new...
The House voted November 28 in virtual secret to shield new...
16 January 2002
In America’s war on terrorism, the first U.S. casualty was the First Amendment. The military, the Bush administration and the media itself have squelched important information about the war in Afghanistan since it began on...
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