Author: Horace Cooper

Bail Reform? It Just Causes More Crime

Bail Reform? It Just Causes More Crime

Project 21 Commentary /
An obscure organization — the Arnold Foundation — has been cheerleading a series of changes to cash bail nationwide. Its supporters claim that being required to post-bail hurts the working poor and minorities disproportionately. They also argue that in most ...
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A Growing Economy Provides Opportunity to Move More Americans off Food Stamps, by K. Michael Conaway and Horace Cooper

A Growing Economy Provides Opportunity to Move More Americans off Food Stamps, by K. Michael Conaway and Horace Cooper

Project 21 Commentary /
The American economy is growing rapidly, unemployment is at historic lows and job opportunities are everywhere. We can all agree it is a terrific time for Americans looking to enter the workforce. But when the Trump administration recently finalized a ...
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Watch Your Step: First Step Act Could Harm Minority Communities, by Horace Cooper, Stacy Washington, and Constable Council Nedd II

Watch Your Step: First Step Act Could Harm Minority Communities, by Horace Cooper, Stacy Washington, and Constable Council Nedd II

National Policy Analysis #680 /
Senator Mitch McConnell is considering taking the “First Step Act” (S. 2795), a criminal justice reform bill, to the Senate floor for a vote during the lame duck session. He should not. The U.S. criminal justice system is in need ...
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Swamp Creatures are Terrified of What Ben Carson is Doing to Clean Up HUD

Swamp Creatures are Terrified of What Ben Carson is Doing to Clean Up HUD

Project 21 Commentary /
It’s been a year since Dr. Ben Carson was confirmed as Secretary for Housing and Urban Development. For most of its existence HUD is the cabinet-level agency probably best known for management challenges and the occasional corruption scandal involving local ...
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The Obama Administration’s Cynical Chase for the “Subtle” Racist

Project 21 Commentary /
Ironically, for a presidency allegedly ushering in a post-racial America, the actions of the White House indicate the Obama Administration considers political manipulation of race to be a practice that's too big to fail. During his recent commencement address at ...
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Doubling Down on Dumb

Project 21 Commentary /
Justice Department lawyers should not attempt to prosecute George Zimmerman for the death of Trayvon Martin. They likely won't succeed, and would probably compound the awful precedent set by the state of Florida in pursuing this case over objections from ...
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The Brennan Center is Wrong: Voter Fraud is a Real Threat to Every Citizen’s Constitutional Rights

National Policy Analysis #642 /
The Brennan Center for Justice has been the go-to resource for many opponents of commonsense anti-voter fraud efforts such as voter ID. The essence of the Brennan Center's argument against voter ID is that that voter fraud isn't a real ...
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Voter ID Opponents’ Latest Spurious Claim: Voter ID Allegedly Slows Election Tabulations

National Policy Analysis #643 /
Critics of commonsense anti-fraud measures such as voter ID continue to engage in desperate efforts to change public opinion on the issue, racing from one complaint to another. They've claimed that requiring voters to present identification is a form of ...
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Victims of Voter Fraud: Poor and Disadvantaged are Most Likely to Have Their Vote Stolen

National Policy Analysis #635 /
All is not well in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The state has announced the shocking preliminary results of an extensive police investigation of voter registration "irregularities" – a polite word for the ugly reality of voter fraud. As the Richmond ...
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Coming to a Car Near You? The Department of Transportation’s Creepy Black Box

National Policy Analysis #639 /
Possibly coming soon to a new car near you – mandatory tracking and recording of your automobile usage. At one point it was part of the effort to reauthorize federal highway transportation programs. It was included in S. 1813 and ...
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