Why Is the US Still Spending Billions to Fund Mexico’s Corrupt Drug War? Why Is the US Still Spending Billions to Fund Mexico’s Corrupt Drug War?
Washington is providing equipment and training to compromised agencies—at the same time that it’s tracking their close ties to organized crime.
Feb 27, 2015 / Jesse Franzblau
Republican Congressman Threatens DC Mayor With Arrest Over Marijuana Legalization Republican Congressman Threatens DC Mayor With Arrest Over Marijuana Legalization
Too bad he doesn’t actually have the power to stop them.
Feb 25, 2015 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
DC Voted to Legalize Marijuana. Congress Should Not Overrule It. DC Voted to Legalize Marijuana. Congress Should Not Overrule It.
Congress’s spending bill overrides Washington’s vote to legalize marijuana and thwarts the will of the people.
Dec 11, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
Mexico’s Undead Rise Up Mexico’s Undead Rise Up
With forty-three disappeared student teachers presumed dead, Mexican popular resistance is creating new alternatives to the militarized narco-state.
Nov 20, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Charlotte María Sáenz and Foreign Policy In Focus
How California’s Prison Reform Law Will Fight Overincarceration of Women How California’s Prison Reform Law Will Fight Overincarceration of Women
Prop 47 offers relief to Californians punished for low-level, nonviolent crimes of poverty, which means it could be especially beneficial for women caught up in the criminal justic...
Nov 12, 2014 / Blog / Dani McClain
Racism Drove the Backlash Against Gary Webb Racism Drove the Backlash Against Gary Webb
Attacks on Gary Webb were about discredting an African American movement in Los Angeles as it was about his revelations.
Nov 7, 2014 / Blog / Greg Grandin
Will Washington, DC, Legalize Pot? Will Washington, DC, Legalize Pot?
Polls show strong support for an initiative there. And it’s on the ballot in Oregon and Alaska, too.
Oct 29, 2014 / Nushin Rashidian
By 2030, American Prisons Will Be Filled With Grandmas and Grandpas By 2030, American Prisons Will Be Filled With Grandmas and Grandpas
How this country’s “tough on crime” ethos created a generation of graying inmates.
Oct 27, 2014 / Kate Cox
Massacre in Mexico Massacre in Mexico
The murder of students in Guerrero is raising questions once again about the complicity of law enforcement and public officials in Mexico's drug wars.
Oct 24, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Laura Carlsen and Foreign Policy In Focus
Jail Time Is a Terrible Way to Treat Substance Abuse Jail Time Is a Terrible Way to Treat Substance Abuse
By facilitating access to treatment and services, Seattle’s drug-enforcement program actually helps those suffering from substance abuse, while revolutionizing criminal justice.
Oct 16, 2014 / Kara Dansky