Five “trimmigrants” are accused of murdering their former employer as he slept on his marijuana farm in Laytonville, California.
Inequality
Posted inInequality, Voting
If the US forced people to vote, would it improve turnout?
Some countries where voting is mandatory have higher turnout rates than the U.S., but not by much.
Posted inAnd Justice for Some, Inequality
Bail amendment passes convincingly
New Mexicans overwhelmingly voted to limit the role of money in judges’ decisions about which defendants stay locked up and which go free before trial.
Posted inInequality, The Trump Era, Trimmigrants, Worked Over
As legalization catches fire, where will Trump land on pot?
President-elect Donald Trump once called the county’s drug enforcement efforts “a joke.” He once said legalizing drugs was a better tactic. But as the dust settles after a contentious election – and after another eight states legalized some form of weed – the future of marijuana under Trump isn’t quite clear.
Posted inInequality, The Trump Era, Voting
This was the first presidential election in the new era of voting rights
Voters went to the polls in a divisive presidential election roiled by anxieties over race, class and the fundamental integrity of the American electoral system itself.
Posted inInequality, Voting
Oath Keepers prepare for election-related unrest
The militia-style group’s leaders believe Democrat Hillary Clinton’s campaign is more likely to cause violence than Republican Donald Trump’s.
Posted inInequality, Money and Politics, The Trump Era, Voting
Nevada judge tosses Trump campaign early voter lawsuit
The Trump campaign wanted to preserve the personal information of poll workers they alleged kept polling stations open two hours past closing time in areas with larger minority voting precincts.
Posted inAccountability, Inequality, Voting
For one weekend, early voting was the new brunch
Last weekend saw long lines – not for poached eggs and bottomless mimosas, but for early voting.
Posted inInequality, Voting
Why we’re focusing on voter suppression and fraud
This election has come to be defined by so many different and often bizarre things. But, in these closing days, the focus has shifted from candidates and their positions to a more basic issue: access to the ballot box.
Posted inAnd Justice for Some, Inequality
Nation has been slow to follow through on LBJ’s bail reform dream
Before signing the federal Bail Reform Act in 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson heralded the legislation, saying it put the nation “at the threshold of a new era” in its criminal justice system. But 50 years later, few states have crossed that threshold.