Politics
Lessons from Ohio’s Bail Backlash
Fearmongering about public safety played a major role in the state’s midterm setback. But we can learn from it how to take control of the political narrative.
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Fearmongering about public safety played a major role in the state’s midterm setback. But we can learn from it how to take control of the political narrative.
The push to increase the state’s power to punish led to more incarceration but failed to create a more just society for victims of sexual violence.
Simply targeting the corporations caging migrants and other people for profit won’t create a future without mass incarceration.
There is empirical evidence that Democratic governors will outspend and out-incarcerate Republicans if their reelection depends on it. That’s entirely avoidable.