Wed 8.06.08| Mean Streets
Are city governments truly committed to providing housing and jobs to low- and no-income residents? In his book City of Disorder, Alex Vitale points out that New York City administrations have...
View ArticleTues 1.20.09| Punishing Age
Death penalty abolitionists have made tangible progress. The wrongful conviction of innocent people has spurred reform. And yet, contends Douglas Berman, a huge problem goes largely unnoticed and...
View ArticleMon 8.10.09| The Ugly Laws
The so-called ugly laws banned people considered unsightly and disgusting from exposing themselves to public view. According to Susan Schweik, these city ordinances are loaded with significance, for...
View ArticleTues 9.04.12 | Criminalizing the Homeless, Criminalizing the Rest of Us
Homelessness may seem a fact of life in a highly unequal society. But there's much more to it than that. Radical scholars Christina Heatherton and Jordan T. Camp argue that homelessness is...
View ArticleMon 4.01.13 | Violence and the Prison Nation
If the problem is violence against women, is the solution the criminal justice system? Many anti-violence activists look to the police, prisons, and stepped-up criminalization for help and protection,...
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