Cartoon – Policing Our Psyche
SINCE 2006 THE INCOME GAP BETWEEN RICH AND POOR HAS GROWN \H THE 15 LARGEST U.S. CITIES
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In 2011, the poorest 20 percent of Americans gave 3.2 percent of their income to charity. The wealthiest 20 percent were far stingier, donating just 1.3 percent. Researchers say those with less to share may have “higher empathy” because they’re more exposed to need.
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In the US the prison psychiatric hospitals are becoming over crowded with mental illness. About 20% of inmates (approximately 400,000) in jails have been admitted to hospitals. The countries hospitals can only accommodate about 38,000. The corrections system has been so overcrowded that now they are known as “The New Asylums.” Some county’s jails are now housing the mentally ill […]
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“There’s a stereotype that black people are lazy. I don’t know if that’s true, but I know white people went all the way to Africa to get out of doing work.” – Lance Crouther
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“Democracy does not guarantee equality of conditions, it only guarantees equality of opportunity.” – Irving Kristol
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Percentage of U.S. women prisoners who are mothers of young children: 61
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