The war on drugs has created a huge boom in the domestic prison population. With over two million people in prison, the United States has the highest incarceration rates in the world, a factoid that should be repeated by media outlets every day. The United States makes up just five percent of the world’s population, but it contains 25 percent of the world’s prison population. Since the 1980s, the U.S. has intensely ramped up its drug enforcement policies, incarcerating individuals for minor drug offenses, including drug use and possession
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One of today’s leading voices in the socialist movement visited the city of Ithaca, including Ithaca College and Cornell University. The Cornell chapter of International Students for Social Equality invited Phyllis Scherrer, a member of the Socialist Equality Party, to bring her campaign to Ithaca.
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New York small towns prevail in fracking lawsuits, most recently exemplified in late February when the Town of Dryden’s ban on natural gas drilling was ruled justified by the state Supreme Court.
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In spite of President Obama’s declaration that tuition needs to stop going up, colleges across the nation are continuing to increase their prices, and Ithaca College and Cornell University are no exception.
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On the night of Aug. 25, 20-year-old Keith Shumway attacked a uniformed officer. Keith reached through the car window and ripped the gun from the officer’s duty belt and fired a shot that grazed the officer’s leg. The injured officer called for backup.
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Union battle, fare increases and budget cuts for Ithaca’s bus service
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Our privacy’s been cooked, our faces have been booked, our right are overlooked, my space has been took.
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September 21 is the International Day of Peace, and from now on, it will also be the day Troy Davis, an innocent man, was executed by the state of Georgia.
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Much like we need to regulate the big banks on Wall Street, we also need to regulate J-1 visa programs, which allow corporations to take advantage of international students temporarily studying in the United States.
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1. Facebook For all of the criticism it takes for breaching individual privacy, Facebook continues to dominate every aspect of our social lives. Look no…
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