Hate crimes are up, but don’t ask the government about it

Check out this ProPublica story. We know hate crimes are up and there’s concern that things will only get worse but But even in the early stages of what promises to be a prolonged focus on crimes colored by prejudice and politics, there appears to be one irrefutable truth: the data is deeply flawed. And …

Look what we spend on our prisons, vs. our schools.

The U.S. Department of Education released a brief on Thursday that looked at how much states spend on jails versus what states spend on education. From the report: In the last 30 years, state and local spending has increased three times faster for prisons than they have for schools. The United States is now home to less …

Can we keep politics out of health care?

Yeah. I didn’t think so. But I wrote this for CT Health Investigative Team, anyway.

Aaaand discuss:

Sometimes? Right’s right.

Connecticut is the first state to boycott Indiana, after that state’s new, discriminatory “Religious Freedom” law, which is uniquely bad. Why “uniquely?” From that ThinkProgress piece: Under that section, a “person” (which under the law includes not only an individual but also any organization, partnership, LLC, corporation, company, firm, church, religious society, or other entity) …

Ah, me.

And thanks, DickG., for the link.

Meanwhile, in Canada:

General Motors, Ford and DaimlerChrysler have all signed letters with the Canadian Auto Workers asking the government to preserve and renew the country’s health care system. Here is the letter. From Ray Medeiros, at PoliticusUSA: So with this joint letter to Canada, the Big Three automakers have given progressives that ammunition to fight back against …