crime and punishment

Race, Incarceration, and American Values

Posted on August 15, 2011August 14, 2011 by Phillipe Copeland

Article first published as Book Review: Race, Incarceration, and American Values by Glenn C. Loury on Blogcritics. “Never before has a supposedly free country denied basic liberty to so many of ... Read More

Who Would Jesus Incarcerate?

Posted on August 6, 2011August 8, 2011 by Phillipe Copeland

Article first published as Who Would Jesus Incarcerate? on Blogcritics. Evangelical activist and author Jim Wallis recently framed debate about our nation’s debt as a potential “moral defa... Read More

“Just Say No”

Posted on July 30, 2011August 1, 2011 by Phillipe Copeland

Article first published as Just Say No on Blogcritics. With all the talk about the debt ceiling, it would be easy to forget that America is enmeshed in military engagements in Central Asia, the Arabia... Read More

Book Review — “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in an Age of Colorblindness”

Posted on July 28, 2011August 5, 2011 by Phillipe Copeland

Article first published as Book Review: The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander on Blogcritics. I thought that I understood racism. After reading Michelle Alexander’s, The New Jim Crow: Mass Inca... Read More

What to a Felon is the Fourth of July?

Posted on July 11, 2011July 11, 2011 by Phillipe Copeland

Article first published as What to a Felon is the Fourth of July? on Blogcritics. One hundred and fifty-nine years ago, Frederick Douglass was invited to give a speech to commemorate the birth of what... Read More