Contributed by Olga Vanucci. Primary voter turnout in New Jersey in 2017:   15% Primary voter turnout in Hunterdon County, NJ, in 2017:   30% Primary voter turnout in Pennsylvania in 2017: 16% Primary voter ...
Contributed by Deb Kline. Who Decides the Federal Budget? The vision of democracy is that the federal budget – and all activities of the federal government – reflects the values of a majority of Americans ...
Contributed by Deb Kline. There is a TON of stuff happening over the next couple months for ILNH volunteer involvement! Here’s the schedule –  plan to join as many events as you can. April 22: ...
Contributed by Amara Willey. Summary: Race discrepancies in juvenile detention could be narrowed by handling misdemeanors as civil rather than criminal cases. More resources towards prevention, education, and treatment would also narrow the race gap, ...
Contributed by Amara Willey. Status of federal criminal justice reform legislation Summary: The December criminal justice reform law called the First Step Act has many benefits for both adult and juvenile offenders. Although the bill ...
Contributed by Paige Barnett. Prisons for profit is a thing in the land of liberty and the supposed free. We are led to believe that in the United States justice will be served with just ...
Contributed by Olga Vanucci. On the subject of bail… California is the first state in the nation to abolish bail for suspects awaiting trial.  It can be done… In its first year, New Jersey’s criminal ...
Contributed by Liza Watson. Two ILNH members attended a Stanford political psychology professor’s talk on the effects of persuasive messages on attitudes toward climate change. He has been studying this area for a long time ...