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Buchanan Breaks Ranks (Presidential Election 2000, Religion, Parties, Politics, Society)

In Washington, a city in which (to borrow a phrase from Virginia Woolf) all is gossip, corruption and chatter, the end-of-summer buzz has been about Pat Buchanan and whether he'll bolt the Republic

Doug Ireland and Micah L. Sifry
It's Time for Realism (Drug War and Drug Policy, Society)

Follow these links for the other articles in this forum: reponses by Peter Kornbluh, Mike Gray and Elliott Currie--and Massing's concluding thoughts.

Michael Massing
Life of a Scandal (Drug War and Drug Policy, Society)

In mid-October 1996, two months after the publication of Gary Webb's series "Dark Alliance" in the San Jose Mercury News, an extraordinary town meeting took place in Compton, California, o

Peter Kornbluh
Perils of Prohibition (Drug War and Drug Policy, Society)

Follow these links for the other articles in this forum: the original article by Michael Massing, and reponses by Peter Kornbluh and Elliott Currie--and Massing's concluding thoughts.

Mike Gray
Yes, Treatment, But... (Drug War and Drug Policy, Society)

Follow these links for the other articles in this forum: the original article by Michael Massing, and reponses by Peter Kornbluh andMike Gray--and Massing's concluding thoughts.

Elliott Currie
Response (Drug War and Drug Policy, Society)

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Michael Massing
An Old City Seeks a New Model (Healthcare Policy, Drug War and Drug Policy, Society)

In early December 1984, an undercover police officer named Marcellus Ward met with a pair of heroin dealers above a candy store in southwest Baltimore.

Joshua Wolf Shenk
Does Europe Do It Better? (Drug War and Drug Policy, Regions and Countries, Society)

Listen to a debate among drug policy advocates and you're likely to hear impassioned claims about the brilliant success (or dismal failure) of more "liberal" approaches in certain European countr

Robert J. MacCoun and Peter Reuter
George Soros's Long Strange Trip (Drug War and Drug Policy, Society)

Research assistance: David Levinson Wilk.

Russ Baker
Marijuana Made Easy (Health and Disease, Drug War and Drug Policy, Society)

For more than half a century, the US government has maintained a hard line on marijuana, denying that the plant has any medical value at all.

Cynthia Cotts

Blogs

There's a Beautiful Story Hidden in the Sherrod Mess
Nation in the News

Nation columnist, Melissa Harris-Lacewell is angry with the administration, the NAACP, and blogger Andrew Breitbart, but maybe some good can come out of all of this.

July 22, 2010
Nattering Nabobs of Nascar
Eric Alterman

Eric explains his problem with Nascar.

July 22, 2010
Lies and the Vilification of Black Women
Nation in the News

America has a long history of turning black women into scapegoats.

July 22, 2010
Thursday DAYBOOK: Media Slammed on Shirley Sherrod Coverage, Obama Faces Afghan War Crisis, More
Greg Mitchell
July 22, 2010
'Reverse Racism' Is a Weapon of Mass Distraction
The Notion

Andrew Breitbart is being reverse-whipped on his reverse-plantation, crying out in anguish, ‘How long, O Lord?’

July 21, 2010
Rolling Over on Shirley Sherrod
The Notion

How many times is the Obama administration going to roll over for Glenn Beck?

July 21, 2010
Obama, Crypto-Lefty? I Never Thought So
Christopher Hayes

Christopher Hayes responds to Joan Walsh's claim that recently published JournoList e-mails prove his "Obama worship."

July 21, 2010
Protests at the Park: The Precedent and the Promise
The Notion

All Summer, people have been protesting at baseball stadiums against the Arizona Diamondbacks and their state's anti-immigrant laws. These "protests at the park" are not without precedent and not without the promise of victory.

July 21, 2010
The Nation Stuns D.C. Comics, 12-11 in Extra Innings
Nation in the News
July 20, 2010
Sunday DAYBOOK: Mel Gibson, 'Mad Men,' American Nazis & More in Media & Politics
Greg Mitchell
July 18, 2010
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