For the last 3 decades the prison population in the United States has skyrocketed, unprecedented zero tolerance policies and harsh punishment for minor offenses are some of the reasons that contribute to America having the highest rate of incarceration in the world. 2.2 million is the official statistic.  

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We met Mathi at this civil action in Florida. USA Really covered a group of activists--protesting the separation of immigrant families enforced by Trump administration policies. This is Mathi and other activists locked into a car, and to each other, in front of these gates, officers, and security cameras. It took several hours for firefighters and police to remove the PVC pipes and other heavy-duty materials from their arms and necks. When done, the demonstrators w...

USA – December 13, 2018 USA Really’s Chief Editor Alexander Malkevich has been included in the list of the TOP-15 most influential journalists in November, Medialogia reports. Alexander Malkevich came in 8th in the ranking, earning 5547.3 points. Medialogia ranking is based upon the citation index (CI), which tallies the number of information resource links in other media outlets and assesses how influential the link-publisher’s resource is. It is calculated us...

WASHINGTON – November 27, 2018 Since USA Really is a law-abiding outlet that acts on the basis of existing American laws, even if they sound pretty absurd, we’ve put much effort into registering our news agency as “a foreign agent.” The head of our project, Alexander Malkevich, was illegally detained a couple of weeks ago at the Washington Airport and was asked many questions by FBI agents who saw him as representative of the main threat to the American state. Y...