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Jesse Lava

To Offset Disaster Relief, Curb the Drug War (VIDEO)

Jesse Lava | Posted 05.21.2013 | Crime
Read More: Oklahoma Tornado, Tom Coburn, Mass Incarceration, Criminal Justice, Beyond Bars, Tornado, Robert Greenwald, War on Drugs, Jesse Lava, Brave New Foundation, Video, Crime News
Jesse Lava

Policymakers hoping to find meaningful offsets to fund disaster aid will have look at: 1) Where there's a lot of money, 2) where the spending is unjustifiable, and 3) where the politics and public opinion are conducive to allowing cuts, since there are very few areas in which that's true.

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What If It's Not the Prisoner Who Needs Forgiveness? (VIDEO)

Jesse Lava | Posted 04.24.2013 | Religion
Read More: Mass Incarceration, Prison System, Preston Shipp, Beyond Bars, United Methodist Church, Robert Greenwald, United Church of Christ, Jesse Lava, Criminal Justice Reform, Brave New Foundation, Video, Religion News
Jesse Lava

If a vindictive, biased justice system is irreconcilable with the Gospel, what is a Christian to do? The answer is first to get outraged -- a perfectly Christian emotion if it next leads to action that helps the powerless in their struggle for justice.

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Why is this university president afraid of the truth on private prisons?

Jesse Lava | Posted 04.30.2013 | Business
Read More: Geo Group, Mass Incarceration, Private Prisons, Beyond Bars, Florida Atlantic University, Jesse Lava, Brave New Foundation, Business News
Jesse Lava

The debate over Florida Atlantic University's decision to name a football stadium after a notorious private prison company has descended into deception.

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Did GEO Group Edit Its Wikipedia Page to Hide Its Past?

Jesse Lava | Posted 04.22.2013 | Business
Read More: Geo Group, Beyond Bars, Mass Incarceration, Private Prisons, Robert Greenwald, Florida Atlantic University, Jesse Lava, Brave New Foundation, Video, Business News
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Word came out yesterday that Florida Atlantic University had sold the naming rights to its new football stadium to the GEO Group, which is the second largest private prison company in America. It now appears that the GEO Group decided to give its Wikipedia page a facelift.

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Koch Brothers: We're Victims

Robert Greenwald and Jesse Lava | Posted 12.16.2012 | Politics
Read More: David Koch, David Axelrod, Rich Fink, Charles Koch, Koch Industries, Mitt Romney, Koch Brothers Exposed, Robert Greenwald, Barack Obama, Brave New Foundation, Election 2012, Jesse Lava, Politics News
Robert Greenwald and Jesse Lava

In the wake of Mitt Romney's griping that 47 percent of the country is mooching off rich folks like him, Charles and David Koch are now suggesting that they, too, are victims.

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