Global report: FL among top states for mass incarceration. Florida and a dozen other states imprison people at the highest rates in the world, without demonstrating that incarceration reduces crime, says the Prison Policy Initiative, a non-partisan research and policy advocacy organization. Florida’s rate of incarceration in prisons and jails was 795 people per 100,000, Read More…
Petty Officer 3rd Class Montreye Edwards, a native of Ocala, Florida, serves the U.S. Navy at Littoral Combat Ship Mine Division TWELVE operating out of San Diego, California. Edwards joined the Navy two years ago. Today, Edwards serves as an engineman. “I am a third-generation sailor,” said Edwards. “My uncle and grandfather were both in Read More…
The Other Afghan Women: War what is it good for Absolutely Nothing. In the countryside, the endless killing of civilians turned women against the occupiers who claimed to be helping them. Late one afternoon this past August, Shakira heard banging on her front gate. In the Sangin Valley, which is in Helmand Province, in southern Read More…
Gainesville Florida Downtown, Taking It Back: To Control Gainesville’s Downtown Homeless During The Pandemic, Police Turned To A Private Security Contractor Since then, a camp has grown at old Fire Station 1, a city property slated for redevelopment. Tents of all sizes, makeshift bikes and art projects, and a table with food, drinks, clothes and Read More…
Japan avoided a lockdown by telling everyone to steer clear of the 3 C’s. Here’s what that means. Many people predicted that Japan would be hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, but the country has been relatively unscathed. People have posited several reasons for Japan’s success, including an existing culture of mask-wearing. Others have said Read More…
“Lots of homes are destroyed, people are dead and some are at the hospital,” Christella Saint Hilaire, who lives near the epicenter, told the AFP news agency. Haiti’s new prime minister, Ariel Henry, declared a state of emergency. He said on Twitter that the “violent quake” had caused loss of life and “enormous damage” in Read More…
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