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Tuesday, November 15, 2016
Private Prison Stocks, Trump's Victory, Little Marco, and the Bought Congress SHARE
Double-digit surges in private prison stocks might be the most
ostensibly ominous onset to a presidency in recent history, but there’s
more to it than Trump's offensive immigration rhetoric and baseless claim
that private prisons seem to “work better.” Trump’s delusions are
fringe benefits for an industry that showered our new Republican
Congress with enough campaign cash to nullify an unfriendly Democratic
administration. Still, while private prison money is everywhere, a KKK-endorsed president sets
the national tone in a country that never fully abolished slavery.
Private Prison Stocks, Trump's Victory, Little Marco, and the Bought Congress SHARE
Double-digit surges in private prison stocks might be the most
ostensibly ominous onset to a presidency in recent history, but there’s
more to it than Trump's offensive immigration rhetoric and baseless claim
that private prisons seem to “work better.” Trump’s delusions are
fringe benefits for an industry that showered our new Republican
Congress with enough campaign cash to nullify an unfriendly Democratic
administration. Still, while private prison money is everywhere, a KKK-endorsed president sets
the national tone in a country that never fully abolished slavery.
(2 comments)
Thursday, September 8, 2016
The U.S. Needs Safe Injection Sites and Prescription Heroin Because Dead People Can't Recover From Drug Addiction SHARE
No matter how uncomfortable state-sanctioned safe injection sites or
prescribed heroin might make us, it doesn’t change the fact that dead
people cannot recover from drug addiction. This raises a question of our societal values. Are we a society that
values the concept of abstinence more than the sanctity of human life?
If so, we forgo the right to call ourselves an advanced nation and a
humane society.
The U.S. Needs Safe Injection Sites and Prescription Heroin Because Dead People Can't Recover From Drug Addiction SHARE
No matter how uncomfortable state-sanctioned safe injection sites or
prescribed heroin might make us, it doesn’t change the fact that dead
people cannot recover from drug addiction. This raises a question of our societal values. Are we a society that
values the concept of abstinence more than the sanctity of human life?
If so, we forgo the right to call ourselves an advanced nation and a
humane society.
(1 comments)
Thursday, June 11, 2015
How for-profit prisons have become the biggest lobby no one is talking about SHARE
The two largest for-profit prison companies in the United States -- GEO and Corrections Corporation of America -- and their associates have funneled more than $10 million to candidates since 1989 and have spent nearly $25 million on lobbying efforts. Meanwhile, these private companies have seen their revenue and market share soar.
Sen. Marco Rubio, now a Republican presidential primary candidate, is one of the biggest beneficiaries with deep ties to GEO Group.
With the growing influence of the prison lobby, the nation is, in effect, commoditizing human bodies for an industry in militant pursuit of profit.
How for-profit prisons have become the biggest lobby no one is talking about SHARE
The two largest for-profit prison companies in the United States -- GEO and Corrections Corporation of America -- and their associates have funneled more than $10 million to candidates since 1989 and have spent nearly $25 million on lobbying efforts. Meanwhile, these private companies have seen their revenue and market share soar.
Sen. Marco Rubio, now a Republican presidential primary candidate, is one of the biggest beneficiaries with deep ties to GEO Group.
With the growing influence of the prison lobby, the nation is, in effect, commoditizing human bodies for an industry in militant pursuit of profit.
