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Opinion Editorial
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Written by The Fat Lady Sings
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Monday, 01 October 2007 14:00 |
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 Does anyone remember Project Safe Neighborhoods, a dubious DOJ effort first implemented by the Bush administration in 2002 to reduce gun violence by federalizing gun crimes?
The same DOJ officials who engineered the US Attorney scandal (Mercer, Elston, et al) hypothesized that violence could be eradicated by requiring US Attorneys to randomly prosecute gun crimes, including misdemeanors, as federal offenses. They imposed harsh sentencing guidelines on first offenders and serial felons alike.
Hell, I had forgotten about the topic, and I researched it extensively!
At least, I had almost forgotten it until I heard this NPR piece, attributing a sudden increase in inner city mortgage fraud, and the subsequent erosion of impacted neighborhoods, to the consistent federal prosecution of offenses involving guns. It appears that, like other not-so-aptly named Bush projects (Clear Skies, Healthy Forests, the PATRIOT Act, Operation Iraqi Freedom); Project Safe Neighborhoods performs in a manner diametrically opposed to its moniker.
It destroys communities.
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Last Updated on Saturday, 04 October 2008 09:25 |
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The World
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Written by Beth Richards
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Monday, 01 September 2008 16:10 |
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 To get back to the States from Afghanistan, Beth Richards had to first catch a plane in Herat that would take her to Kabul, then home.
She reports for ePluribus Media readers what getting getting through security entails, the searches, the flies, the dust, the searches again and again.
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Political Issues
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Written by Barry Nolan
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Saturday, 11 October 2008 16:34 |
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 While Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin was Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, it became policy to charge rape victims for the use of rape kits - in essence discouraging victims from stepping forward and reporting crimes - calling into question Palin's judgment on matters of law and order.
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All Reviews
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Written by Carol White
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Thursday, 30 October 2008 16:34 |
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 Carol White reviews Markos Moulitsas' new book, Taking on the System and finds in it inspiration for progressives and those who care deeply about American Democracy. Inspired by Aaron Barlow's The Rise of the Blogosphere, White sees parallels between Barlow's and Moulitsas' hopes for technology re-opening the civic space.
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ePM Interviews
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Written by Michael Collins
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Tuesday, 07 April 2009 16:00 |
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 Michael Collins sits down with legendary LA County prosecutor and best selling author Vincent Bugliosi in a one-on-one interview on the topic of murder. Specifically, the prosecution of George W. Bush for the murder of 4,200 U.S. soldiers. While large amounts of attention are paid to the also serious charges of torture and illegal warrantless surveillance, Bugliosi sees the deliberate deceiving of the nation into war as crime that easily trumps those in terms of the seriousness -- and body count.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 07 April 2009 17:20 |
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