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Baking Bad: A Potted History of ‘High Times’

Baking Bad: A Potted History of ‘High Times’ Baking Bad: A Potted History of ‘High Times’

The editors of the nation’s most popular pot magazine on its four decades-long fight to end cannabis prohibition.

Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

The Drug War Touched My Life: Why I’m Fighting Back The Drug War Touched My Life: Why I’m Fighting Back

A former cop, a former prisoner, the daughter of a marijuana caregiver who died in custody and others speak out against the war on cannabis.

Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / Various Contributors

How Long Will New York City’s ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Reforms Remain in Legal Limbo?

How Long Will New York City’s ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Reforms Remain in Legal Limbo? How Long Will New York City’s ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Reforms Remain in Legal Limbo?

Yesterday, the city took their fight to keep the controversial policy to a federal appeals court—and civil rights advocates pushed back.

Oct 30, 2013 / Nick Pinto

Why It’s Always Been Time to Legalize Marijuana

Why It’s Always Been Time to Legalize Marijuana Why It’s Always Been Time to Legalize Marijuana

Let’s put an end to the “war on drugs” that has ruined so many lives.

Oct 30, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Former Prosecutor to Jurors: Nullify!

Former Prosecutor to Jurors: Nullify! Former Prosecutor to Jurors: Nullify!

Paul Butler used to send people to prison for drugs. Now he supports letting guilty drug offenders go.

Oct 30, 2013 / Liliana Segura

Shelf Life

Shelf Life Shelf Life

Emily Brady’s Humboldt explains why the legalization of pot could cause the biggest economic bust in California’s history.

Oct 30, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Kate Murphy

Stop Policing for Profit

Stop Policing for Profit Stop Policing for Profit

Under civil asset forfeiture laws, police can seize and sell your property and keep the profits, even if you haven't been charged with a crime. 

Oct 29, 2013 / NationAction

When Did ‘To Serve & Protect’ Become ‘To Seize & Profit?’

When Did ‘To Serve & Protect’ Become ‘To Seize & Profit?’ When Did ‘To Serve & Protect’ Become ‘To Seize & Profit?’

How police across the country are using civil asset forfeiture to seize people’s houses, cars and cash to make money for their departments.

Oct 29, 2013 / Jesse Lava and Sarah Solon

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Reefer Madness on Campus and Park Avenue

This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Reefer Madness on Campus and Park Avenue This Week in ‘Nation’ History: Reefer Madness on Campus and Park Avenue

Our endorsement of marijuana legalization comes after decades of questioning the fundamental assumptions of the War on Drugs.

Oct 26, 2013 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

A Mass Rally Against Mass Surveillance

A Mass Rally Against Mass Surveillance A Mass Rally Against Mass Surveillance

Activists want a full public accounting of the NSA’s and the FBI’s data collection programs.

Oct 25, 2013 / John Nichols

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