Daily Links: 11/18/17 – Study finds Black men get longer prison sentences, water is wet

New study finds that Black men get disproportionately long prison sentences compared to White men, shocking absolutely no-one who’s been paying any attention.
The latest “traditional values” anti-gay Republican lawmaker to get caught fooling around with another man is … Ohio State Rep. Wes Goodman!
(via Joe.My.God.)
Federal judge slams St. Louis, MO police over their illegal crackdown on peaceful protestors.
(via @radleybalko)
In Trumpland, who better to be the government’s mining safety overseer than a former mining executive with a terrible safety record?
(via Dispatches From the Culture Wars)
Finally, prominent alt-Rightists and assorted Nazis go into meltdown after their Twitter “verified” badges are revoked because they’re, y’know, Nazis.

If you have any story suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments or send them in.

Before you comment …

blog’s commenting rules

IntenseDebate

You may use the following HTML tags (hover over them for more info):


<a>
<b>,
			<i>,
			<u>,
			<em>,
			<strong>,
			 <blockquote>,
			<p>,
			<br>,
			<strike>,
            <img>

Comments may occasionally be flagged as spam. Please be patient whilst I get around to clearing them.

If IntenseDebate fails to load, make sure JavaScript is enabled and try refreshing the page.

Banner