Although the juvenile incarceration rate has reached its lowest point since 1995, the United States remains the largest incarcerator of children in the industrialized world. Lawmakers and advocates should focus on more rational approaches to juvenile crime, such as performance incentive funding.
Court watchers are largely predicting the Supreme Court will strike down the formula used to determine which jurisdictions are covered by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act. These predictions were wrong in a similar case in 2009. They might be wrong now as well.
After a shareholder sued Qualcomm to see its political expenditures, the tech giant backed down and voluntarily agreed to disclose its spending. Voluntary disclosures, however, do not go far enough to protect investors.
As the nation girds itself for across the board budget cuts, Chettiar and Nadelmann point out that the Justice Department has an opportunity to rethink outdated policies that simply don’t work and waste money.
It is morally unacceptable when racial discrimination prevents eligible Americans from participating in our democracy. Under the Voting Rights Act, that interference is also legally unacceptable.
A roundup with the latest news highlighting the corrosive nature of money in New York State politics — and the need for public financing and robust campaign finance reform.
Spending by shadowy outside groups has become increasingly pervasive everywhere, including in New York elections. Unless we change the system with reforms like meaningful disclosure rules and public campaign financing, this crisis will only grow worse.
A roundup with the latest news highlighting the corrosive nature of money in New York State politics — and the need for public financing and robust campaign finance reform.
The American Bar Association passed a resolution urging public disclosure of election spending, joining the chorus of reformers who recognize transparency is an essential democratic value.
New York State implemented the nation’s first system of disclosure for funding sources of specified lobbying entities spending more than $50,000 per year on lobbying expenditures.
