Who gets released early and who gets COVID-19?Bill Cosby thinks Pennsylvania should release him from prison because some of the other inmates are infected with COVID-19. He claims the state is trying to execute him.
In the first hour Paul Wright of the Human Rights Defense Center and Prison Legal News joins me to discuss prisoner rights. We talk about the current state of America’s 2.5 million incarcerated individuals and the tremendous hardships they face. Paul talks about the legacy of Prison Legal News and how it represents one of the only truly independent media outlets talking about the prison system.
With the dreadful, odious Wasserman Schultz falling from power and fighting for her political life, some of the criminal elements she has protected are losing their battles against the public. Predatory loan sharks, one of the foundations of her rise to power (payday lenders have given her $68,100 in direct pay-for-play bribes since she was elected to Congress), are battling for survival without her now.
"Killer Mike" interviews Bernie Sanders. Could this dynamic be a game-changer in southern Democratic primaries?by Gaius PubliusIn the most recent underwatched Democratic debate, there was a lot of ISIS-this and terror-that thrown around — and not one climate word, as near as I could tell.
Just a fantasyAt the end of 2011 there were 2,266,800 adults in prison and another 4,814,200 on parole or probation. Add to that 70,792 juveniles in detention. Almost 40% of those in prison are black. By age 18 almost a third of all black males and just over a quarter of all Hispanic males have already been arrested, compared to just 22% of white males.
A radio host asked me a few days ago why Debbie Wasserman Schultz was one of the 17 mostly right-wing Democrats in the House to cross the aisle and vote with the Republicans against a bill to lighten up on medical marijuana in states that have legalized it. I suggested that with anything involving Wasserman Schultz, one of the most transactional politicians in Congress, just follow the money.
