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After another year of protests and unrest across the country, criminal justice reform remains a contentious issue. Some cities have experienced an increase in homicide rates, police departments are under intense scrutiny for their handling of police shootings, and prisoners are protesting living conditions. Meanwhile, policymakers are making scant progress to roll back mass incarceration. Given the decentralized nature of the American criminal justice system, with some 18,000 law enforcement agencies spread across 50 state jurisdictions... Читать дальше...

After another year of protests and unrest across the country, criminal justice reform remains a contentious issue. Some cities have experienced an increase in homicide rates, police departments are under intense scrutiny for their handling of police shootings, and prisoners are protesting living conditions. Meanwhile, policymakers are making scant progress to roll back mass incarceration. Given the decentralized nature of the American criminal justice system, with some 18,000 law enforcement agencies spread across 50 state jurisdictions... Читать дальше...

Colorado's experience so far with legal pot has meant more state revenues and Republicans claiming that the pot tax is "too high." Jon Caldara of the Independence Institute comments.

I know you see us when we’re sleeping and we’re awake. I know you have more ears in the field than the fictional Nick Fury. Or Hydra for…

Dereck Chisora throws a table at Dillian Whyte during a heated news conference before their British heavyweight title bout in Manchester on Saturday.

After another year of protests and unrest across the country, criminal justice reform remains a contentious issue. Some cities have experienced an increase in homicide rates, police departments are under intense scrutiny for their handling of police shootings, and prisoners are protesting living conditions. Meanwhile, policymakers are making scant progress to roll back mass incarceration. Given the decentralized nature of the American criminal justice system, with some 18,000 law enforcement agencies spread across 50 state jurisdictions... Читать дальше...

As the holidays approach, I wanted to let you know that I was thinking about you. In fact, I can’t stop thinking about you. You’re the…

ECONOMISTS seem to be warming to the idea that regional inequality is a problem, if only because it leads to political movements that threaten broader prosperity. While that is a useful development, it brings economics to a very difficult question, which is: what can usefully be done about that inequality?

After another year of protests and unrest across the country, criminal justice reform remains a contentious issue. Some cities have experienced an increase in homicide rates, police departments are under intense scrutiny for their handling of police shootings, and prisoners are protesting living conditions. Meanwhile, policymakers are making scant progress to roll back mass incarceration. Given the decentralized nature of the American criminal justice system, with some 18,000 law enforcement agencies spread across 50 state jurisdictions... Читать дальше...

In today's news, we celebrate tennis' Top 5 Instagram posters of 2016.

Actor Gael García Bernal stops by the WSJ Cafe to discuss his new movie "Neruda" and the life and work of Nobel prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda. Photo: Tommaso Boddi/Getty Images for Amazon Studios

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#285. United continue to confuse. After a dazzling performance in the League Cup, much duller fare was served up at Goodison Park. Ed & Paul look back on another week of no one really knowing where José Mourinho's side are at right now. Additionally, Paul is joined by writer and filmmaker Carl Anka to chat about United, there's a cursory preview of the clash with Zorya Luhansk and a chat about how "Lads, it's Tottenham," might not quite apply this time.

No Question About That is available on Apple Podcasts... Читать дальше...

Manchester United continue to confuse. After a dazzling performance in the League Cup, much duller fare was served up at Goodison Park.

Manchester United continue to confuse. After a dazzling performance in the League Cup, much duller fare was served up at Goodison Park.

Manchester United continue to confuse. After a dazzling performance in the League Cup, much duller fare was served up at Goodison Park. Ed & Paul look back on another week of no one really knowing where José Mourinho’s side are at right now. Additionally, Paul is joined by writer and filmmaker Carl Anka to chat […]

After another year of protests and unrest across the country, criminal justice reform remains a contentious issue. Some cities have experienced an increase in homicide rates, police departments are under intense scrutiny for their handling of police shootings, and prisoners are protesting living conditions. Meanwhile, policymakers are making scant progress to roll back mass incarceration. Given the decentralized nature of the American criminal justice system, with some 18,000 law enforcement agencies spread across 50 state jurisdictions... Читать дальше...

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U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced he would nominate retired Gen. James Mattis to be his defense secretary, introducing him on stage at an event in North Carolina. Photo: Associated Press

Two years before the deadly Ghost Ship warehouse fire, the Alameda County civil grand jury sounded the alarm about deficiencies in the Oakland Fire Department’s inspection bureau — saying the city wasn’t even trying to check a third of the 12,000 commercial properties that were supposed to be examined every year. Despite assurances from Fire Department brass that it would address the problem, the city continues to have far fewer inspectors on the streets than its own website would suggest, according to some on the force ... Читать дальше...

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