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• Controversy Erupts as Florida University Names Its Football Stadium After a...

  

  By Alan Bean Florida Atlantic University didn’t know what it was getting into when it agreed to name it’s football stadium after the private prison giant GEO... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• George Will: Solitary Confinement as Torture

  

  Alan BeanThanks to Gene Elliott for bringing this column to my attention. George Will generally writes from a conservative perspective, but he thinks... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• This is What Real Immigration Reform Looks Like

  

  By Alan BeanOn February 23rd, several advocacy groups are sponsoring a briefing for congressional staff that shines a spotlight on Operation Streamline and the... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Virginia Executioner Becomes Death Penalty Opponent

  

  By Alan BeanThis beautifully crafted story about an executioner turned death penalty abolitionist has the pacing of a crime novel. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• A Candle Finds Its Darkness: Suzii Paynter Advocates for ‘the Least of These’

  

  Suzii PaynterBy Alan BeanThis story by Bob Allen of the Associated Baptist Press should excite Baptists who care about justice. Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• If You Think Private Prisons Make Sense, Read This . . .

  

  By Alan BeanThe Sentencing Project published this report over a year ago but it remains the single best introduction to the truly scary private prison industry... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• How the NRA Got Rich Pushing Mass Incarceration

  

  By Alan BeanThe graft to the left shows how the prison population exploded after 1980.  Part of the blame for this nightmarish experiment with big government... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• David Kennedy: How to Stop the Killing

  

  By Alan BeanI am re-posting this review of David Kennedy’s Don’t Shoot because it addresses the issue of gun violence in realistic, practical and non-ideologica... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Murder Rate Soars in Chicago; What Can Be Done?

  

  By Alan BeanThere were 506 homicides in Chicago last year, a 16% increase over 2011.   That amounts to 10.83 homicides per year per 100,000 population.  The rat... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Six Assumptions That Keep White Churches from Applying Biblical Norms to...

  

  Steven M. TelesBy Alan BeanIn The Rise of the Conservative Legal Movement, Steven Teles describes how the conservative movement was able to undermine and largel... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Lawsuit Claims Private Prison Uses Violent Prison Gangs to Offset Insufficient...

  

  By Alan Bean Attorneys representing a group of inmates at the Idaho Correctional Center are alleging that Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) is... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 CURRENT, DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Importance of Criminalizing Immigrant Labor

  

  Christian ParentiBy Alan BeanIf you think the immigration debate will be sane and smooth, consider these paragraphs from Christian Parenti, one of the most... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Back to Dred Scott and Jim Crow?

  

  Rachel Maddow was the first American journalist to draw attention to a story the mainstream media has studiously ignored: a Republican plan to score presidentia... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Michelle Alexander: Why Police Lie Under Oath

  

  Tom Coleman receives Texas Lawman of the year award from John CornynBy Alan BeanMichelle Alexander says police officers lie under oath because people are... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Back to Jesus!

  

  Charles Kiker, February 2013          First United Methodist Church in Tulia is presenting Adam Hamilton’s videos on world religions at our Wednesday night... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Five Myths About the Immigration ‘line’

  

  By Alan Bean Daniel Kowalski provides a much needed corrective to much of the political blather surrounding the immigration debate. Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• The Lion and the Hyena

  

  By Alan Bean I received this graphic from a Facebook friend. I clicked on “like”. My friend probably wondered why. I’m not sure. Something about the image... Read more

  Posted on 02 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Waco Christians Celebrate God’s Love for Immigrants

  

  Naz Mustakim, an immigrant form Singapore, shares his story.Monica Lake | Lariat PhotographerBy Alan BeanLast night at Waco’s Calvary Baptist Church, Friends... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Rachel Held Evans: The Scandal of the Evangelical Heart

  

  This gripping piece from Rachel Held Evans addresses an issue that concerns me deeply. I hope it concerns you too. She begins with a frightening quotation from... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY

• Senate Announces Bipartisan Immigration Plan

  

  By Alan Bean How much progress has been made thus far on the immigration front? Clearly, the Republicans, at least in the Senate, have read the writing on the... Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2013 DEBATE, SOCIETY