The Secret Cost of a Surveillance Society
Fear of the criminal justice system can lead to negative health, financial, and educational outcomes.
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Mark Wahlberg Is the Missing Link in Bloomberg’s $50 Million Gun-Control Plan
Forget money and the mom-vote—it's a question of charisma.
Tax Crime Nation
Tax evasion persists, and tax return scams involving identity theft are on the rise.
Bring Back Hemlock! America’s Dirty Secret About Lethal Injections
Amid drug shortage, states look to shady distributors—with disastrous results.
Private Eyes Behaving Badly
How is the criminal justice system compromised when our investigators need investigating?
16 Months in the Hole: Lessons From Solitary Confinement
A reformed drug dealer on the prisons of North Carolina.
Radical Life Extension and Time-Slowing Drugs
These ideas for the future of prison sentencing are outrageous, but the current state of affairs is, too.
Joining a Gang Makes People Sick
Seattle’s version of the 7 Up series reveals the long-term damage to adults who were in gangs as kids.
Revisiting Austin Street: The Death of Kitty Genovese, 50 Years Later
The public murder of a young woman near her home in Kew Gardens made the bystander effect a household term in 1964. Now, fifty years later, it can be used to illustrate another psychological phenomenon: the surprising fallibility of memory.