Category: Justice

Respectkindnessinclusivity 002

When Quality of Life Initiatives Make Places Worse

Christa Moseng • May 8, 2019

  Metro Transit has stepped up a previously ill-defined “anti-harassment” initiative to promote “respect, kindness and inclusion among our riders.” This has manifested in station announcements, signage, and scrolling messages on buses that a lot of people probably find innocuous, or even welcome. However, the way it has chosen to go about this campaign is […]

1280px 2013 0408 Mncorrectionalfacility–stcloud

Chart of the Day: Minnesotans Behind Bars

Julie Kosbab • May 1, 2019

As local and national conversations occur about policing, racial disparities in the justice system, and the rights of felons to vote, today’s chart focuses on the number of incarcerated Minnesotans. Via the Prison Policy Initiative, the following chart represents the 21,000 people in Minnesota’s jail and prison facilities in 2018: Minnesota’s incarceration rate exceeds that […]