U.S.
Ending racism key to U.S. justice, says Detroit law professor
May 11, 2015A failing criminal justice system proves that we are not living in a "post-racial" era.
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Antidotes to inequality — time for some $58,000 traffic tickets?
May 6, 2015The protests that followed last year's deadly Ferguson police shooting have revealed how local courts are gouging poor people on fines for minor offenses.
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Cinco de Mayo, USA-style
May 5, 2015One of my great-grandfathers was helping organize Cinco de Mayo events in Tucson by the early 1880s.
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Chicago to pay reparations to police torture victims
May 5, 2015Victims of police torture would share $5.5 million, receive an apology and see their story taught in school under a reparations package.
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Today in history: Happy birthday, Karl Marx!
May 5, 2015The ideas of Marxism are like a vintage wine.
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