New York, NY – One of the greatest challenges during my 20 years as a public defender in New York City has been recognizing that most of my clients — and I will venture to say about three quarters of them — suffer from mental illness. I will go even further and say the reasons […]Read More
Election 2020 has been a lot of things, but ‘substantive’ is surely not one of them. That’s why my hat’s off to the next president of the United States – because both President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden actually focused on some policy issues in this year’s final presidential debate. Thankfully, the […]Read More
Early in “Blood on the Wall,” Nick Quested and Sebastian Junger’s dissection of the Mexican narco-state, a cartel soldier in a balaclava and t-shirt pores over an assault rifle in a dimly-lit room, musing to the camera on the commonalities between organized crime and illegal immigration. “Weapons and migration are treated as if they are […]Read More
If you’ve been following me for a while, you know that I work as an independent consultant – a trusted source of information, insight, and intel on emerging far-right threats. As a public academic, I’ve tried to help ensure accurate, responsible coverage of the Proud Boys group. But many of the nation’s journalists keep covering […]Read More
There has been a steady rise in drug overdoses since the pandemic began in early March, according to the Hazelden-Betty Ford addiction treatment clinic. “We saw an 18 percent increase nationwide in overdoses in March, a 29 percent increase in April and a 42 percent increase in May,” said John Engebreth, who runs Minnesota Outpatient […]Read More
Last night’s vice-presidential debate likely didn’t change many voter’s minds, but it did propel a long-neglected, interconnected policy area onto the national debate stage: Criminal justice, drug, and prison reform. While Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris largely spoke past each other on the subject area, the American people were presented with two […]Read More
Right now, there is no shortage of five-alarm fire articles about the safety of our elections and ballots. From the president’s own false claims to the amplification of instances of illegal voter intimidation by the media, it’s understandable that the narrative surrounding our election may make some voters anxious. But what’s actually happening? While it’s […]Read More
In late August, various news outlets reported that the House of Representatives was prepared to hold a floor vote on the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment, and Expungement Act (better known simply as the MORE Act) in September. The vote would mark the first time either chamber of Congress voted to lift the federal prohibition on marijuana […]Read More
The internet, as David Bowie perfectly said in a 1999 BBC interview, is “an alien life form” that has changed the way we see and do everything. It is now 2020, our connectivity is at an all time high, and yet it is no longer dependent upon sharing a physical space with other human beings. […]Read More
We all – including President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden – seem to have survived last night’s national nightmare of a presidential “debate.” Forget reality TV politics: America needs more than an awkward verbal brawl (or was that a limp-wristed hand slap fight?) from two impatient septuagenarians who require the likes of […]Read More
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