Fresh from jail, the economist and author of Prisonomics explains why the system costs too much, locks up the wrong people, and does not prevent reoffending.
Category Archives: Seeking Justice, Seeking Peace
That Lady With the Scales Poses for Her Portraits
Courthouses often display sculptures of Lady Justice wearing a blindfold to show that she is impartial. Read about two scholars who have researched how artists have portrayed justice in many different cultures and time periods.
Cure Violence
Explore the website of Cure Violence, the parent organization of CeaseFire Chicago, to find out more about Gary Slutkin’s approach to preventing violence.
Victory Over Violence
A program in an ethnically mixed borough in England trains teenagers to teach younger children nonviolent methods of resolving racial confict.
Don’t Like Hamlet? Now’s Your Chance To Rewrite It
A new adaptation of Hamlet is written in a “Choose Your Own Adventure” format, allowing readers to take the plot in different directions.
On Forgiveness
What is forgiveness? Can you truly forgive if you are consumed with thoughts of anger or revenge? Written by a professor of philosophy at Boston University, this essay explores these and other questions.