The Cost of Congressional Dithering
The Violence Against Women Act isn’t just about women.
Border War Rumors
Far from being a chaotic war zone, a study of the 14 Texas counties bordering Mexico shows that the number of murders has actually declined in the past five years.
Prison Nation
Having the world’s highest incarceration rate is costly in more ways than one.
We Need an Armistice in the War on Drugs
For the moment at least, we’re headed toward softening the penalties on marijuana and letting patients use it, while also reducing the obscene punishments for possessing crack cocaine.
The IMF’s Assault on Women
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s alleged attack on a hotel housekeeper is shocking and deeply symbolic of the IMF’s attitude towards women.
Some Good News, at Last
The fact that one of the world’s most powerful financial officials could be arrested and thrown in jail for assaulting a chambermaid gives me hope for my country.
IMF Chief Assaults Woman from Guinea–Again
Strauss-Kahn’s alleged sex attack on an African immigrant is a harrowing metaphor for how the IMF treats the rest of the world.
‘Womanizer’ Isn’t a Synonym for ‘Sexual Predator’
Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s not in trouble because of his libido.
What about the Woman Strauss-Kahn Allegedly Assaulted?
She deserves compassion as the global punditocracy conjectures about what’s going happen to the IMF without that French “rockstar” at its helm.
Justice for a 9-Year-Old Girl’s Killers in the Courts and in Print
Everyone should have heard about the murder of Brisenia Flores by now.
Misdemeanors for the Rich
Instead of stopping to render aid to the man he’d just hit, the money man sped away in his Mercedes Benz.