What makes a neighborhood an awesome place to live? Is it proximity to cool coffee shops? Or to lovely public parks? While those are beautiful…
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Prisons provide different things to different people. For some, they ensure a far-away place to send people who have done harm to someone you love….
From the moment I step out of my front door in the morning to the moment I come home at night, around 300 surveillance cameras…
I was once asked by a book editor to come up with an outline for a novel set in a slightly futurized Los Angeles. It…
Everyone agrees that Chicago Public Schools have to change. Yet there are fierce disagreements over what kinds of changes must be made, who should lead…
For a general introduction to the theory and practice of restorative justice, check out: Restorative Justice online. I sat next to an astrophysicist on the…
In US cities today, our public safety officials typically respond to violence by locking people up, by moving the offender far away from their families…