Month: June 2020

Smart-on-Crime, Not Tough-on-Crime: What You (Yes, You) Can Do to Dismantle Our Racist Criminal Justice System

This article shows how incentives for local officials that you can affect – rather than subconscious biases of largely well-meaning police officers you cannot affect – are the main cause and potential solution to problems of systemic racism in America. Following the homicide of George Floyd, American policymakers are moving toward tougher regulation and oversight […]

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Allentown’s COVID-19 Cases

COVID-19 has had a disparate impact on different racial and ethnic groups throughout the United States. In Allentown, Pennsylvania, the state’s third largest city, the proportion of the population identifying as Non-Hispanic Black or Latinx is significantly associated with an increase in COVID-19 cases within city wards. Introduction Although all people are biologically susceptible to […]