During my three decades working on criminal-justice reform, when abortion came up, your correspondent always took the attitude, “That’s someone else’s job.” Not anymore. As of last week, abortion became a criminal-justice issue in Texas, full stop. The US Supreme Court’s abandonment of Roe vs. Wade — combined with aContinue Reading
The mandate to place Bibles in classrooms reflects a larger effort to undermine the rule of law., Read MoreContinue Reading
Granting Presidents freedom from prosecution paves the way for a dictatorship., Read MoreContinue Reading
Where is the line between free speech and disinformation? That’s up to the Supreme Court., Read MoreContinue Reading
New performances of a 1936 play seek to raise the alarm before November’s election, Read MoreContinue Reading
For the past year, Austin has deployed a group of community folks and city staff to analyze the curriculum at the police academy and suggest reforms: It’s not going well. The community reviews material, makes recommendations, but little gets implemented. It seems at this point like the goal is toContinue Reading