Black crime rates fell more steeply than white crime rates, and now black incarceration is falling more steeply than white incarceration.
Kevin DrumI think liberals should accept that if we want big programs that significantly reduce inequality - and we should - it's going to require higher taxes on everyone. The rich can certainly do more, especially given their stupendous income increases since the Reagan era, but they can't do it all.
Kevin DrumApparently the Republican base got radicalized first, and Democrats picked up the ball later. Or something.
Kevin DrumI read quite a few complaints last night about Lester Holt’s choice of debate topics. Liberals wanted to know why climate change didn’t come up. Conservatives thought there should have been a question about abortion.
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