"Reform" Blogs & Blog Posts

 The following op-ed is by Charles M. Blow in The New York Times:The spectacle of a televised countdown to the showing of the video in which Tyre Nichols was savagely beaten by Memphis police officers doesn’t just theatricalize Black death; it...

These charts are from a survey by the Gallup Poll -- done between April 24th and May 7th of a nationwide sample of 12,096 adults, with a 2.5 point margin of error.

There doesn't seem to be much hope of passing legislation to protect voting rights this year. Senators Sinema and Manchin (along with 50 Republicans) killed that hope when they chose to defend the filibuster over voting rights. But some reform may be...

There are far too many police killings in this country -- of people of all races. After the unjustified police murder of George Floyd, many thought that something would finally be done. That police reform would finally happen. But so far, Congress ha...

The sentence has been passed on Derek Chauvin for murdering George Floyd. The judge gave him a 22.5 year sentence. I understand those who think the sentence was too light. Personally, I thought the prosecution's asking for a 30 year sentence was abou...

We are only a couple of days past the anniversary of George Floyd's murder by police, and sadly, nothing has been done on the federal level to reform police departments in the country.In fact, more incidents of unnecessary police violence is being un...

Rep. Liz Cheney, in her act of political courage, has shown us that not all Republicans are Trump toadies. And she's not alone.A group of over 150 Republicans, many of them past officials of the party and the government, have gotten together to oppos...