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Princeton, New Jersey (Scheerpost)  — A few weeks ago I covered the mind-blowing facts about American prisons that should make anyone and everyone rethink/detest/abhor the entire institution. Now, I want to examine the reasons people find themselves locked up in the largest prison state in the world (the Land of the Free) and see if we can’t decrease the number of inmates to something more reasonable …like zero. Or one. …One guy who’s a real grade-A asshole. I’m well aware that many of you are already yelling, “But what about murderers and rapists?!” We’ll get to them in ...

Another layer of exclusivity was introduced at this year's Frieze New York with the Frieze 91 membership programme Photo: Thomas Hawk via Flickr Frieze New York might have had to present a pared-down fair at The Shed this year, with a limited number of timed-entry tickets and strict protocols in place due to the pandemic, but the necessities of safety also added an air of exclusivity to the fair. The crowded and rushed atmosphere of the previous events on Randall’s Island gave way to a setting that allowed visitors and the art room to breathe. Another layer of excl...

Metro ridership is still in the hole after more than a year of the coronavirus pandemic. But ridership isn’t just lower; it’s different. As the Post reported last month, the top stations around the region have changed in a post-pandemic world. The latest ridership numbers from March bear that out. Overall, ridership rose throughout March, breaking 100,000 daily station entries twice in one week for the first time since the pandemic began. Still, the top stations of 2019 so far aren’t the top stations of 2021. So where are people riding Metro? Columbia Heights The Post’s analysis foun...

“What can we do?” has been a common refrain from frustrated conservatives ever since the presidential election. Dan O’Donnell has an answer.  Seven of them, actually.   Perspective by Dan O’Donnell With each new revelation about the patently unlawful way the Wisconsin Elections Commission and municipal election officials ran the 2020 presidential election, conservatives have either surrendered to feelings of hopelessness or steeled their resolve to fight back. The former, of course, solves nothing and all but ensures another defeat next year, but the latter is all too often accompan...

  3 May is World Press Freedom Day. This is part of a series of IPS features and opinion editorials focused on media freedom globally. Journalists in the line of duty. Credit: Left - UNESCO/©Thomas Hawk; Right - UN Photo/Evan Schneider NEW YORK, Apr 28 2021 (IPS) - Spyware’s repeated use to target journalists and those close to them poses an existential threat to the privacy required for press freedom to flourish. Without the ability to privately communicate with sources, conduct research, and compile information, journalists are hampered in their ability to keep the public informed and ...