How Drug Courts Are Falling Short
In the drug war, drug courts offer just another example of failure of criminal industrial complex. Christine Mehta writes.
What Japanese Internment Taught Us About Standing Up for Our Neighbors
Community means looking out for all neighbors and members, not just those who look like you. Tracy Matsue Loeffelholz writes.
How participatory budgeting can transform community engagement – An interview with Amir Campos
Can the public really have a say in how money is spent in their cities? Amir Campos thinks so in this interview with Diana Krebs.
Sunday Comics
Roll out that special head/This is our favorite one/Please don’t try to read/Don’t read the Sunday Comics
Free Thing of the Week: Japanese Wood Prints from the LOC
The Library of Congress has digitized and released 2,500 Japanese wood block prints into the public domain, just for you. We give you a taste.
Harris Fellows to Help Us Shine a Light on What Works in Cities
Can technology help civic decision making? Ed Finkel says yes in this exploration of what works in open data.
Pelting Stones
Poetry by Sutapa Basu.
How to Fall to Your Death and Live to Tell the Tale
Slipping in the shower, tripping down the stairs, taking a tumble in the supermarket – falls kill over 420,000 people per year and hospitalise millions more. We can’t eliminate all falls, says Neil Steinberg. So we must learn to fall better.
A Bad Broadband Market Begs for Net Neutrality Protections
The broadband market is not a free market. That’s why people need net neutrality. Confused? Kate Tummarello explains for you.
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