Joe Wrote is a writer from Denver, Colorado. His work can be found at JoeWrote.com.
After decades of defending Israel at its most indefensible, Alan Dershowitz couldn’t sit quietly by during a genocidal assault on Gaza. He was never exactly an intellectual titan, but his latest book is thin even for him.
The results are in on Denver’s pioneering anti-wage-theft law, which has already helped thousands of workers recover millions of dollars in stolen wages. Cities across America should follow suit and stop thieving employers in their tracks.
FX’s miniseries Shōgun takes place at the time of first contact between Europeans and the Japanese people.
No ordinary cop show, The Shield starred the LAPD’s corrupt anti-gang unit, which itself functioned and behaved like a gang. The show vividly captured the failures of American policing that would animate the George Floyd protests 20 years later.
Legalization has wrested control of sports betting from organized crime. But with few federal regulations in place and almost no public education on the newly sanctioned activity, many working-class people are now falling prey to another group of predators.
Every year, $50 billion is stolen from American workers by their bosses. The Left and labor should be working tirelessly to pass anti-wage-theft legislation at every level of government.
Ski resorts should be public facilities available to all, not expensive luxuries for the wealthy few. Powder to the people!
Denver’s STAR program sends paramedics and behavioral health clinicians instead of police to respond to 911 calls related to mental health issues, homelessness, and substance abuse. It’s led to a 34 percent drop in crime in its operating districts since 2020.