Source: The Guardian By Peter Edelman In the United States, a system of modern peonage – essentially, a government-run loan shark operation – has been going on for years. Beginning in the 1990s, the country adopted a set of criminal justice strategies that punish poor people for their poverty. Right now in America, 10 million people, representing two-thirds of all …
Minimum Wage Mythbusters
Source: U.S. Department of Labor Myth: Raising the minimum wage will only benefit teens. Not true: The typical minimum wage worker is not a high school student earning weekend pocket money. In fact, 89 percent of those who would benefit from a federal minimum wage increase to $12 per hour are age 20 or older, and 56 percent are women. …
Bail: The High Price of Freedom
Source: AJ+ AJ+ has done an excellent job in this short video showing how our criminal “justice” system favors the rich over the poor. We must continue our fight to demand rights and fair treatment for all people in our criminal justice system. Here are some facts about the U.S. prison system: U.S. jails more people than any other country in the …
