Tag: Mass Incarceration
When America had an open prison – the story of Kenyon...
Emily Nagisa Keehn, Harvard University and Dana Walters, Harvard University
In a country with mass incarceration, horrific prison conditions and a penal system suffused with...
Juneteenth: Freedom’s promise is still denied to thousands of blacks unable...
Matthew Larson, Wayne State University
June 19 marks Juneteenth, a celebration of the de facto end of slavery in the United States.
For hundreds of...
How mass incarceration harms U.S. health, in 5 charts
<Emily Nagisa Keehn, Harvard University and J. Wesley Boyd, Harvard University
The U.S. incarcerates a higher percentage of its citizens than any other country in...
In Brazil, religious gang leaders say they’re waging a holy war
Robert Muggah, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
The expression “evangelical drug trafficker” may sound incongruous, but in Rio de Janeiro, it’s...
In Tupac’s life, the struggles and triumphs of a generation
Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar, University of Connecticut
Beginning June 16, moviegoers will be able to see the much-anticipated “All Eyez on Me,” the biopic of...
EXPLORING NATURE
Trump’s ‘God Squad’ pits energy vs. endangered species, but it’s a...
Dan Salas, University of Illinois Chicago
There’s a well-worn debate in U.S. politics that goes something like this: Would...
