Dem candidate for MA attorney general Maura Healey bears the mark of the progressive — she wants to go to the root of big problems and solve them. Click below to hear how she’d tackle two complex, interrelated areas of … [Read more...]
Mr. President
With more people behind bars than any other country (2.3 million) can Obama be called the "Leader of the Free World?" With 97% coming back to our communities, the question becomes HOW are they coming back? Currently, prisons are breeding … [Read more...]
United States of America is the #1 Prison State reports the Boston Globe
No wonder Massachusetts spends more on incarceration then education. Each adolescent committed to the Department of Youth Services costs $23,000 a year - the tuition and fees at a community college are about $3000 a year. Each young … [Read more...]