All over the country, public transit systems are losing ridership. As Chicago’s story makes clear, the real source of the problem is the sprawling and balkanized shape of America’s metropolises.
Joshua Mason
J. W. Mason is a writer living in Chicago.
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Punishing Policies
Christian Parenti’s Lockdown America: Police and Prisons In The Age of Crisis 01.03.00 | reviewed by J. W. Mason Over the past 20 years, the United States has carried out an experiment in punitive policing that has no precedent in a democracy. The prison population has increased fourfold, to nearly two million. Though these figures […]