Reform on the Rise
For Trump and Sessions, it seemed, it was still 1968. They are waging traditional scare politics. But something unexpected happened on the way to the backlash.
For Trump and Sessions, it seemed, it was still 1968. They are waging traditional scare politics. But something unexpected happened on the way to the backlash.
An imaginary crime wave undergirds the administration’s policies, from the border wall to the immigrant ban to more and harsher urban policing.
Criminal justice reform has wide bipartisan support—at least in theory. But until voters demand it, politicians will continue to ignore an embarrassing system.