Sacramento Region

Opinion | Scarcity as a Systemic Feature

The United States is facing an existential crisis due to a lack of political imagination and a scarcity mindset, which has led to the criminalization of poverty, homelessness, and immigration, and a reliance on punishment rather than investment in social programs.

Jail, Jail, Jail, Jail, Jail

The County is sponsoring “listening” sessions about the County Jail, but no alternatives to jailing are offered, which validates Boss Tweed’s political wisdom and perpetuates the cycle of expensive and ineffective incarceration rates.

Free Speech Precedents Haunt Trump’s Campus Crackdown

The Trump administration is demanding that universities take greater action to protect Jewish community members, placing federal funding at risk while reviving unresolved constitutional disputes over campus speech, and critics argue that these demands are extortionate and may be unconstitutional under rulings issued by conservative federal appellate courts.