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Tuesday, April 13, 2021
Th e 2021 Illinois Criminal Justice Reform Bill: First in the Nation to Abolish Cash Bail This year the Illinois Legislature passed a bill that was sponsored by the Black Caucuses in both houses that hopefully will make for a more equitable and rights-respecting way citizens (and non citizens) are policed, charged, and held in custody. The most drastic change, indeed a first in the nation, is the abolition of cash bail. But there are many more significant changes in the omnibus, over 600-page, bill.
Tuesday, April 13, 2021Th e 2021 Illinois Criminal Justice Reform Bill: First in the Nation to Abolish Cash Bail This year the Illinois Legislature passed a bill that was sponsored by the Black Caucuses in both houses that hopefully will make for a more equitable and rights-respecting way citizens (and non citizens) are policed, charged, and held in custody. The most drastic change, indeed a first in the nation, is the abolition of cash bail. But there are many more significant changes in the omnibus, over 600-page, bill.
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Thursday, October 22, 2020
Police Unions: Solidarity and Accountability While the police have unions, these unions generally do not exhibit solidarity toward other unions. In fact, their violence has often been directed against other union members protesting against anti-union policies. And police unions have been a major impediment to achieving nondiscriminatory policing in this country. Certain policy and structural changes, all opposed by police unions, would be necessary to achieve the above
Thursday, October 22, 2020Police Unions: Solidarity and Accountability While the police have unions, these unions generally do not exhibit solidarity toward other unions. In fact, their violence has often been directed against other union members protesting against anti-union policies. And police unions have been a major impediment to achieving nondiscriminatory policing in this country. Certain policy and structural changes, all opposed by police unions, would be necessary to achieve the above
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Saturday, October 13, 2018
The French Can Teach Us Something About Health Insurance This article looks at how French health insurance covers everyone in a more cost-effective way than the American private for-profit system that excludes millions. It makes clear the need for Medicare for All.
Saturday, October 13, 2018The French Can Teach Us Something About Health Insurance This article looks at how French health insurance covers everyone in a more cost-effective way than the American private for-profit system that excludes millions. It makes clear the need for Medicare for All.
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Friday, June 15, 2018
The 1968 Student Revolt in France: A Fifty Year Retrospective A retrospective view of the French student revolt in 1968
Friday, June 15, 2018The 1968 Student Revolt in France: A Fifty Year Retrospective A retrospective view of the French student revolt in 1968
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Monday, December 26, 2016
A Letter to Friends in France after Being Trumped An attempt to explain to friends in France how this electoral outcome came about in the U.S.A. and a plea to not let a similar outcome happen in the French presidential elections in May 2017.
Monday, December 26, 2016A Letter to Friends in France after Being Trumped An attempt to explain to friends in France how this electoral outcome came about in the U.S.A. and a plea to not let a similar outcome happen in the French presidential elections in May 2017.
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Friday, February 12, 2016
France: The Power of Le Pens This article relates how a far right-wing family, the Le Pens, have transformed a small openly anti-Semitic and racist movement into a political party that is attracting strong national support to the point of threatening to take the French presidency, with enormous implications for Europe as a whole.
Friday, February 12, 2016France: The Power of Le Pens This article relates how a far right-wing family, the Le Pens, have transformed a small openly anti-Semitic and racist movement into a political party that is attracting strong national support to the point of threatening to take the French presidency, with enormous implications for Europe as a whole.
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
The Tunisian Revolution: Dignity, Expression, Gender, and Religion This article attempts to soberly analyze the complexity and the difficulty that gender and religion add to the attempt to realize dignity and freedom in the Tunisian Awakening.
Saturday, May 28, 2011The Tunisian Revolution: Dignity, Expression, Gender, and Religion This article attempts to soberly analyze the complexity and the difficulty that gender and religion add to the attempt to realize dignity and freedom in the Tunisian Awakening.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
New York City/Champaign, Illinois: Policing and Race Compares racial profiling and the excessive use of force, including deadly force, against unarmed black people in Champaign, Illinois, home of the University of Illinois, and New York City.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010New York City/Champaign, Illinois: Policing and Race Compares racial profiling and the excessive use of force, including deadly force, against unarmed black people in Champaign, Illinois, home of the University of Illinois, and New York City.
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Sunday, September 13, 2009
The French Left and the European Elections An analysis of the performance of the French Left in the 2009 elections for the European Parliament
Sunday, September 13, 2009The French Left and the European Elections An analysis of the performance of the French Left in the 2009 elections for the European Parliament
