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No Consent Decree for Louisville or Minneapolis: 'We Won't Let This Go' May. 29, 2025
Five years ago this week, "the summer of protests" erupted. On May 26, 2020, in Minneapolis, protest... Read More
Why Is Trump Such a Scaredy-Cat About Words? Mar. 19, 2025
A classic bumper sticker posed this alarming question: "Where are we going, and what am I doing in t... Read More
Damn the Acquiescence Jan. 10, 2025
It's important in a democracy that the losing side grapple with its defeat and learn the right lesso... Read More
The Bishop's Table: Louisville's Community Powerhouse for Police Reform Dec. 20, 2024
Louisville, Kentucky, got their Christmas present early this year. The Department of Justice, Louisv... Read More
Nigel Farage Makes the Trump Moment Permanent Jun. 17, 2024
First came Brexit, then came Trump — and now it's happening again. In June 2016, Britain voted... Read More
The Promise of Gideon v. Wainwright Mar. 26, 2024
In case you missed it, last week we celebrated National Public Defender Day — the celebration ... Read More
Pathways to Progress: Navigating America's Educational Reform Feb. 22, 2024
In the realm of education, crises are not merely disruptions but illuminations of systemic failures ... Read More
Don't Bet On Gaming Reform in Missouri Oct. 17, 2023
It takes some impressive gall for an obviously illegal industry to operate in plain sight at thousan... Read More
State Gun Laws Help, but Cross-State Trafficking Shows Need for Federal Action Aug. 18, 2023
Illinois' latest restrictions on semi-automatic weapons, which were upheld by the state's Supreme Co... Read More
Trump Can't Decide Whether To Free Drug Dealers or Kill Them: The Former President's Bloody Rhetoric Undermines His Defense of Sentencing Reform Jul. 05, 2023
Donald Trump can't seem to decide whether he wants to execute drug dealers or free them from prison.... Read More
Trump Can't Decide Whether To Free Drug Dealers or Kill Them: The Former President's Bloody Rhetoric Undermines His Defense of Sentencing Reform Jun. 28, 2023
Donald Trump can't seem to decide whether he wants to execute drug dealers or free them from prison.... Read More
Welfare Work Requirements Make Everyone Better Off May. 24, 2023
The Congressional Budget Office has just released its latest projection for the next ten years. "In ... Read More
The Israeli Fight Over Judicial Review Highlights the Dangers of Unconstrained Democracy: Opponents of the Proposed Reforms Are Right That Unlimited Majority Rule Is a Recipe for Tyranny Mar. 29, 2023
This week, in response to mass demonstrations and a nascent general strike, Israeli Prime Minister B... Read More
Israel and the Independent Judiciary Mar. 11, 2023
Israel is being torn apart by the political battle over an independent judiciary. If Prime Minister ... Read More
What Police Reform Should Look Like Feb. 03, 2023
Each high-profile killing by police of an unarmed Black citizen — this week he's Tyre Nichols,... Read More
Israel's Judicial Reform 'Controversy' Is Much Ado About Nothing Jan. 20, 2023
Like a dog returning to its own vomit, the supercilious elites of our so-called international commun... Read More
The Reform Small Business Really Needs: A Memo to the New Congress Jan. 10, 2023
As the new 118th Congress slouches its way toward Washington this week, America's small businesses a... Read More
The Yankee Reform Impulse Gets Some Issues Right, Some Wrong Apr. 22, 2022
People talk about culture war politics as if it were a recent development — a novelty, an exce... Read More
The Civilizational Suicide of 'Criminal Justice Reform' Apr. 15, 2022
The long and disturbing rap sheet of Frank James, the black nationalist New York City subway shooter... Read More
Voters Oppose 'Transformative' Policies, Want Reform of Dysfunctional Bureaucracies Jan. 28, 2022
Do Americans really want transformative change? The evidence accumulates that they don't. That is a ... Read More
