I was reminded again this week, as two of the men accused of playing a part in the murder of Stephen Lawrence were sent to prison, that there is an aspect of the human condition that is constant in us all. We, as a species -- are essentially liars.
Have you ever been tempted to call the cops on your own child? Would you ever actually DO it?
Apparently, the self-described "largest provider of HIV/AIDS medical care in the U.S.," the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, wants to lead us back to the days of Bowers v. Hardwick. AHF wants to criminalize for-profit videos depicting unprotected sex.
A recent report in the New York Times details how many Americans have been arrested and detained simply because immigration authorities mistakenly took them for deportable immigrants.
What's your hope for the New Year? Help for our returning veterans, cops and sexual abuse victims top my list. Oh, yeah -- and more effective politicians!
In 1978, at the age of 7, I was kidnapped and tortured for a year. I began writing a long letter to my soon-to-be ex-wife, and became besieged by submerged memories. I felt so much that I felt nothing. So, I put pen to paper and came alive.
The American police force is not supposed to be a branch of the military, nor is it a private security force for the reigning political faction.
I wonder why it is that we would "like" to associate violent crime with mental illness. Is it because we do not want to face the possibility that any "normal" person is capable of a heinous act?
For Penthouse magazine, I went to a crime scene cleaning school in Las Vegas to learn more about this fascinating vocation.
Asian American history is replete with examples of the de-Americanization of its members by vigilante racism. For some, the ostracism started immediately.
Is there a path to reforming the immigration justice system to ensure fairness? Given the deportation crackdowns and implementation of the Obama administration's Secure Communities initiative, it's unclear whether additional resources will make any significant improvement.
"Whisperers" are serial killers with a special talent: they kill through other people, awakening in them the archaic and apparently soothing desire to kill. We are all potential murderers.
Divorce is a loss -- a death of sorts. Under the stress of loss and uncertainty, most people regress and become more irritable, needy or impulsive.
We've seen a rash in drive-thru and fast food crime this year. What is it? The high fat? Escalating levels of sodium? Dashed expectations from those delicious-looking commercials?
Even this season of peace knows no respite from the plague of gun violence. For too many Americans, this holiday season will be remembered only for the devastating sense of loss as their loved ones are torn from their lives by senseless gunfire.
By age 23, 1 in 3 youth in the U.S. has been arrested for a non-traffic offense. To those who say that we can't afford to spend money on this now, or that government should stay out of people's lives, I say this: You can't escape 1 in 3.
The next morning, December 29, while forced to line up for further searches a weapon discharged and the massacre at Wounded Knee began. Without weapons, the Lakota warriors shouted to the women and children to flee and they fought the soldiers with their bare hands.
Violence and crime are happening in schools in cities like Camden and other poor urban centers throughout the country. Our families have come together to object the violence in our city.
I have written about this many times here on The Huffington Post. But in reality, is an additional four and a half years -- two and a half more than the government sought to punish Cameron for his crime of addiction -- worth it?
Peter Howitt, 2012.01.05