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President Trump, desperate dealmaker

Donald Trump is cutting deals, but all of the available evidence suggests that he is getting played.

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Mandatory minimum sentences are cruel and ineffective. Sessions wants them back.

As a federal prosecutor and judge, we saw that these policies do not work.

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A book, an interview, an old fact, and a chart show the ongoing challenge of institutionalized racism

Racism is deeply embedded in our economy and society. Right now, the Federal Reserve may be one of the few institutions left that can help.

By Jared Bernstein • Read more »

Individual racists aren’t the reason racism persists in 2017

My own unconscious bias shows how the problem is institutional.

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For girls with moms in prison, growing up is hard to do

I met Jane in 2013 at a women’s prison in Washington state. She was 6, and while other girls her age may have been camping in the woods with their Girl Scout troops, Jane was camping overnight at the prison where her mother was incarcerated. On the day we met, Jane was participating in Girls […]

By Marian Harris • Read more »

No, presidents should not ask FBI directors if they’re under investigation

If Trump’s dinner with Comey really happened the way Trump says it did, he made a serious error.

By Kathleen Clark • Read more »

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