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Sadhbh Walshe column

A column on society, justice and equality in America. Follow Sadhbh on Twitter @SadhbhWalshe

14 August 2014

  • military police ferguson

    Ferguson is what happens when white suburban cops get weapons of war

    Sadhbh Walshe
    Sadhbh Walshe: Michael Brown’s shooting was one thing. The protests are another. But military might does not belong on Main Street

7 August 2014

  • rikers island prisoners

    Teenagers in US prisons: it's time for the savagery and neglect to finally end

    Sadhbh Walshe
    Sadhbh Walshe: A terrifying new report might just leave one of the country’s most notoriously bad jails at the forefront of reform for a broken system

31 July 2014

  • demarcus aclu

    The war on drugs has become a war on occasional pot smokers of color

    Sadhbh Walshe
    Sadhbh Walshe: Marijuana won’t be legal until the cops stop making millions off weed arrests

24 July 2014

  • mcdonalds mom

    The McDonald's Mom paradox: why are we not letting this woman make enough money to take care of her own child?

    Sadhbh Walshe
    Sadhbh Walshe: Another working single mother goes to jail for 'abandoning' a young kid. Politicians keep funding families that earn six figures, and not a new minimum wage. Something doesn't add up

17 July 2014

  • Babar Ahmad sketch

    Jihad, justice and the American way: is this a model for fair terrorism trials?

    Sadhbh Walshe in New Haven, Connecticut
    Sadhbh Walshe: The government stokes fear and fails to understand the Muslim world. But inside at least one courtroom remains an unusual precedent: context can be served

10 July 2014

  • pope francis chair

    Don't believe the Pope Francis sexual abuse PR stunt. Believe in payback

    Sadhbh Walshe
    Sadhbh Walshe: His Holiness can grant an audience with all the victims he wants. But his words must finally lead to real consequences for the Catholic Church

26 June 2014

  • apc swat team vehicle seattle

    The Pentagon's slush fund is arming a War Zone on Main Street. Let's end the local-cop addiction to backyard battle

    Sadhbh Walshe
    Sadhbh Walshe: We're winding down conflicts abroad, but America's militarized police forces have access to a veritable firearms sale funnelling from Washington to the local station house

18 June 2014

  • usa immigration global post

    If it takes 7 US World Cup players to wake us up to 11m immigrants, so be it

    Sadhbh Walshe
    Sadhbh Walshe: The diverse heritage of America's new national pride has gone viral, but Washington still can't pass popular reform. Time to boot out the bums

13 June 2014

  • oj simpson verdict

    The real legacy of the OJ Simpson trial: you can buy a get-out-of-jail-free card

    Sadhbh Walshe
    Sadhbh Walshe: In the last 20 years, more Americans than ever are languishing in prison because they can't afford to keep up with a Kardashian lawyer – let alone bail

6 June 2014

  • piper kerman orange is the new black

    Orange is the New Black in real life is a prison epidemic of too many women in jail – and taxpayers like you in the red

    Sadhbh Walshe
    Sadhbh Walshe: The US imprisons more women than any country – and most of them for low-level crimes of poverty and addiction. But there is a better way

30 May 2014

  • marijuana bud

    We have entered the golden age of pot. The US government should get with it

    Sadhbh Walshe
    Sadhbh Walshe: You can't build a marijuana business in the 22 states where it's legal if the Department of Justice is cracking down and Congress does next to nothing. This is ludicrous

26 May 2014

  • memorial day

    The loss of Memorial Day's meaning is just one way we short-change veterans

    Sadhbh Walshe
    Sadhbh Walshe: We write paeans to the troops who don't come home, but we need to be more invested in helping those who do

16 May 2014

  • boys drinking

    Want to curb binge drinking? End the focus on laws and look at culture

    Sadhbh Walshe
    Sadhbh Walshe: The sooner we all start drinking like Italians, the better – despite liberal regulations, the way they drink in moderation reduces serious risk

8 May 2014

  • nuns

    Pope Francis is throwing nuns under the bus for sharing his own beliefs

    Sadhbh Walshe
    Sadhbh Walshe: The pontiff's silence, while nuns are censured for not focusing on abortion and same sex marriage, speaks volumes

26 February 2014

  • Alec Baldwin.

    Alec Baldwin's leaving public life because of us. We shouldn't be sorry

    Sadhbh Walshe

    Sadhbh Walshe: If the misunderstood star would only engage in a little introspection, his self-imposed exile would be unnecessary

19 February 2014

  • VW workers Germany

    Do American auto workers have an inferiority complex?

    Sadhbh Walshe

    Sadhbh Walshe: VW workers get paid $67 an hour in Germany. They make under $20 in the US. GOP lawmakers want to keep it that way

13 February 2014

  • Still from Oppressed Majority by Eléonore Pourriat

    What would life be like if women really did rule the world?

    Sadhbh Walshe

    Sadhbh Walshe: Oppressed Majority, a little film that asked men to walk in women's shoes, got over 5m views in a week

5 February 2014

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    American school children shouldn't go hungry. Neither should their parents

    Sadhbh Walshe

    Sadhbh Walshe: Congress and the White House are guilty of taking food from the mouths of kids and adults in the latest Farm Bill cuts

29 January 2014

  • A video grab shows Justin Bieber appearing at Miami-Dade circuit court via video link from Richard Gerstein justice building.

    Justin Bieber is lucky that he's rich. Poor immigrants don't get off so lightly

    Sadhbh Walshe

    Sadhbh Walshe: Bieber will likely be fine, but most other legal immigrants convicted of a felony are detained and deported

22 January 2014

  • Super-rich woman in money coat

    Rich women may have better sex, but it's not for the reason you think

    Sadhbh Walshe

    Sadhbh Walshe: A Spanish sex survey found that wealth matters, even in the bedroom. Poor women are far more likely to be abused

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