Tag: Reform

The Fifth Branch : NPR

Your house is on fire; the fire department responds. You are sick; EMS gets dispatched. Shots are fired, and law enforcement comes. But who responds when the call is about mental illness, addiction, or suicidal thoughts?The Fifth Branch is a special series by Tradeoffs and The Marshall Project, exploring how one community in Durham, NC, is transforming crisis response. Over three episodes, meet the people reimagining safety and support. Follow their journey to launch this program, ensure its effectiveness, and navigate the challenges of defining its scope.Episodes drop July 18, July 25 and August 1, 2024.Love The Fifth Branch? Subscribe to Tradeoffs for weekly insights into the complex world of healthcare. Subscribe at tradeoffs.org/subscribe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
— Read on www.npr.org/podcasts/1255347227/the-fifth-branch

Video, Audio: Heather Mac Donald | Crime Stats Don’t Lie. Why Are We Ignoring Them? | Ep. 53 – Independent Institute

Scott welcomes Heather Mac Donald, one of the country’s most important voices who exposes the truth and the data behind it. Heather is the Thomas W. Smith Fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and a contributing editor of City Journal. Her latest book is When Race Trumps Merit. In it she explains what she calls the foolish pursuit of undermining meritocracy in favor of equal outcome. They discuss critical social issues including crime, media bias, and cultural shifts, including the feminization of American society and an anti-male narrative that MacDonald sees as harmful to families and societal success.
— Read on www.independent.org/multimedia/2025/09/04/heather-mac-donald-crime-stats-dont-lie-why-are-we-ignoring-them-ep-53/

Why Are Crime Victims the Only People We Force to Trust the State? | Cato at Liberty Blog

Last week, I blogged in support of reviving private criminal prosecutions. The state’s monopoly on bringing criminal charges arose late historically and prosecutors have often failed to show victims the responsiveness they deserve. My piece quickly met with pushback, especially from libertarians concerned about expanding the criminal legal system’s overreach and coercion using the guise of victims’ rights. I write again to offer a clarification, a qualification, and a challenge.
— Read on www.cato.org/blog/victims-rights-private-prosecutors-responding-critics

Vital City | What To Do (and Not To Do) About People in Crisis on Streets and Subways

How can the toughest problems of urban life be addressed in a serious, sustained way? The purpose of this series, which began with “What To Do (and Not To Do) About Subway Safety” and will continue with installments on disorder, policing and other topics, is to deliver to policymakers the best ideas distilled into steps that can be taken now and longterm changes that must undergird sustained achievement.
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/what-to-do-about-people-in-crisis-on-streets-and-subways

With Alvin Bragg’s re-election under a Mayor Mamdani, ‘justice’ in NYC is about to get worse

While Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani has gotten the lion’s share of the media attention these last several weeks, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg quietly sailed through his reelection bid, securing more than 70% of the vote.
— Read on nypost.com/2025/11/05/opinion/with-alvin-braggs-re-election-under-a-mayor-mamdani-justice-in-nyc-is-about-to-get-worse/