By Angel Torres on
Opinions, Social Justice, United States
Prison Policy Initiative, 2017 Report: The cost of incarceration is $182 billion every year.

BROOKLYN, NY (Workers World Today) — The United States holds 25 percent of the world’s prison population, despite only accounting for 5 percent of …
By Angel Torres on
New York State, Opinions, Social Justice
Jumaane Williams, a council member representing the 45th Council District in Brooklyn. Candidate for New York Lt. Gov.

When it comes to the cities of this world with the largest homeless population, our very own New York City comes second, with over …