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So much for grand old flags. Some Australian nationalists this month are lobbying to ditch their current symbol, far left--which includes Britain's Union Jack--because it conjures up the country's roots as a penal colony. Instead, the Aussies are pushing for a new flag celebrating the 19th century Eureka Stockade, a tax revolt some liken to the Boston Tea Party. Australia is just one of several countries reconsidering their colors. --By Jeremy Caplan...
According to a recent Gallup poll, only 34 percent of blacks express confidence in the police and 16 percent in the local courts. Coupled with the fact that one in seven black men is barred from voting because of penal disenfranchisement and that criminal conviction can make one ineligible for government services, including college financial aid and public housing, the sense of alienation and nihilism that many young black men and women feel is very real and very dangerous. America needs an immediate and honest conversation about the role of incarceration in a democracy and how racial paranoia...
...defeated, but the support may be present nationwide to curtail the growth of the prison-industrial complex. Curbing mass incarceration would certainly curry favor with black voters, and it wouldn’t even have to be cast as an explicitly racial issue. The unchecked growth of the penal system should be construed as a fiscal burden and ineffective crime deterrent. What should help Democrats convey this message is that it is actually true—but after watching Kerry get punked about his tour in Vietnam by a guy who couldn’t even show up for National...
...outpost during his stay, nor even a last-minute hiccup over a Turkish measure that would have criminalized adultery. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who at first supported the adultery proposal to appease conservative allies, agreed to drop it, and last week pushed a 700-page package of penal-code reforms through parliament. "We have worked hard and we have done our homework," a tight-lipped Erdogan told reporters in Brussels. "There is no reason now not to receive a positive answer" from the E.U. Well, almost none. The prospect of a thumbs-up from Verheugen this week...
...moved a step closer to joining the E.U. as European Commissioner for Enlargement Günter Verheugen, following a meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Brussels, announced that there were "no more obstacles" to the start of accession talks. Crucially, Erdogan gave assurances that a revised penal code to bring Turkey in line with E.U. human-rights law would be adopted - without a controversial clause criminalizing adultery that drew criticism from Brussels and threatened to derail the talks. Verheugen is to make a recommendation on whether negotiations on Turkish membership should start in an Oct. 6 report...