Daily Archives: September 10, 2025

White Paper: Tying Federal Funding of Public Transportation to Safety Performance

Posted on September 10, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Proposal. Linking a portion of federal transit funding to safety benchmarks would create incentives for agencies to reduce violent crime on buses, subways, and light rail. Benchmarks. A comparative look at violent incidents per 1 million unlinked passenger … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Implications of Using Interracial Crime Rates as Baselines for Federal Civil-Rights Case Examination

Posted on September 10, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary Hate-crime law is motive-driven. Federal civil-rights charges require proof of bias in a specific case. Rates can guide review capacity. Interracial crime rates (e.g., White-on-Black, Black-on-White) can be used as baselines to estimate how many cases merit federal … Continue reading →

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White Paper: Consequences and Implications of Israel’s Sept. 9, 2025 Strike on Hamas Leadership in Doha, Qatar

Posted on September 10, 2025 by nathanalbright

Executive Summary On September 9, 2025, Israel carried out a strike in Doha targeting senior members of Hamas’s political leadership resident in Qatar. Qatar condemned the action as a violation of its sovereignty; early reporting indicated multiple fatalities among associates … Continue reading →

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