A letter to the editor, from the desk of Mr. Samuel L. Clemens, lately of the river, now of the rental listing To the Editor: Sir — I have in my time been shown a great many remarkable machines, and have found that the more remarkable the machine, the more modestly its inventor will describe Read More …
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The Prison Boom Nobody Talks About Enough
There’s a story hiding in plain sight in America, and it’s one we should probably be talking about a lot more. Start with some numbers. In 1972, around 330,000 people were behind bars in the United States. By 2008, that figure had ballooned to 2.3 million, an increase of over 700 percent. Even today, in Read More …