Law enforcement doesn’t always pull you over for the reason they say they do. A pretextual traffic stop is a policing tactic where an officer stops a vehicle for a minor traffic violation—which is the "pretext," or stated reason for the stop—with the underlying intention of investigating an unrelated crime. Drivers in pretext traffic stops are told they were pulled over for faulty brakelights, expired registration tags, or other low-level violations; once stopped, officers use their discretion to investigate drivers for unrelated crimes. As with other policing tactics,...
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
Articulated by Emma Lazarus in 1883 and now engraved upon the Statue of Liberty, these words have long stood as a testament to the ideals that define our nation. Over a century later, the land of the free once again faces an identity crisis. America has flourished and prospered since its independence, and it can attribute its success to its immigrants. The exchange of diverse cultures and approaches to global challenges sustains a dynamic American way of life marked by...
Innovation in government services to citizen (G2C) service platform
Summary
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) won a landslide victory in the state elections in India’s national capital of Delhi in 2015. Their campaign was run on reducing corruption and increasing transparency in governance. The Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy tasked the Department of Administrative Reforms to come up with a program that would increase access to government services for citizens, and reduce bureaucratic corruption.
California’s agricultural sector is reliant on the increasingly unpredictable mega-storms, called atmospheric rivers, that can dump as much water as twenty Mississippi rivers. Climate change has created unprecedented extremes: in some years there may only be one atmospheric river, while in others California can be inundated by twenty. As a result, farmers may face one year of extreme drought and be forced to fallow their land, and in others their fields may be unprepared for a deluge of water. In order for players in the nation’s largest agricultural sector to prepare for the increasingly...
