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Message to George Will: Racism Ignored is Justice Denied

Anthony Papa | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racism, Crack Cocaine Sentencing, George Will, Drug War, African Americans, Sentencing Reform, Drugs, War on Drugs, Drug War Racism, Barack Obama, Politics News
Anthony Papa

The knee-jerk conclusion by some is that more black and brown people are in prison because the commit the majority of the crimes. But a closer inspection paints a vastly different picture.

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Onward and Ever Upward -- But Not in a Good Way

Jamie Fellner | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Drug Sentencing, Human Rights, Drug War, Prison, Prison Remittance, Racism Prisons, Parole Laws, Prisons, Politics News
Jamie Fellner

Why the never-ending prison growth? Three ill-considered policies: the war on drugs, draconian sentencing laws, and punitive parole practices.

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Drug War Makes New York Legislator Doggone Crazy

Anthony Papa | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: War on Drugs, Breaking Political News, Drug War, Dogs, Harsh Tactics, Rottweillers, Pit Bulls, New York State Assembly, Politics News
Anthony Papa

New York State Assemblyman Thomas Kirwan recently introduced legislation that would prevent people with felony drug convictions from owning dogs such as pit bulls and Rottweilers.

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Political Comedian/Activist Randy Credico Arrested Documenting Marijuana Arrests

Anthony Papa | Posted 06.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Police Brutality, Rockefeller Drug Laws, Drug War, Marijuana, Nypd, Randy Credico, War on Drugs, Politics News
Anthony Papa

A tenfold increase in marijuana arrests over the previous decade is a figure marked by startling racial and gender disparities, according to a report released by the New York Civil Liberties Union.

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Third Party Lunacy At The Libertarian National Convention

Ken Bank | Posted 06.05.2008 | Home

Read More: Mike Gravel, Drug War, Mike Gravel Libertarian, Mary Ruwart, Bob Barr, Mike Gravel Leaves Democratic Party, Joe Lieberman, Robert Milnes, Al Gore, Libertarian, Bob Barr Libertarian, Libertarian Party, Wayne Allan Root, Clinton Impeachment, Home News
Ken Bank

Al Gore's gas-guzzling jet. Fabric-damaging flag pins. Drunken jerk candidates. Candidate no-shows. All that and more on display at this past week's other political party convention in Denver.

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Obama Not Completely Silent on the Drug War

Kurt Schmoke | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics

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Kurt Schmoke

Obama's remarks notwithstanding, the relative silence by presidential candidates about the War on Drugs has been disappointing but not surprising.

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A Pollster Takes Me to the Cyber-Woodshed on Colombia and the Drug War: I Respond

Arianna Huffington | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton Colombia, Pollsters, Bill Clinton Colombia, Polling, Drug War, Colombia Free Trade, Colombia, Mark Mellman, War on Drugs, Mike Isikoff, Opinion Polling, Drug Smuggling, Politics News
Arianna Huffington

Writing in The Hill, pollster Mark Mellman took me to the cyber-woodshed yesterday. Mellman claims that Lockheed hired him to produce "a serious study on the underexplored subject of drug policy." Very noble of Lockheed.

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Ron Paul: No To Mandatory Immunization

James Freedman | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

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James Freedman

Ron Paul's libertarian ideology is dramatically revealed when you get him started on topics such as the War on Drugs, the FDA and forced immunization ...

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War On Drugs Update: Coast Guard Seized Record $4.7 Billion Worth Of Cocaine Last Year

AP | DEVLIN BARRETT | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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The Coast Guard has reeled in a record 355,000 pounds of cocaine over the past year, results that officials say have forced smugglers to transport the...

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Panel May Cut Sentences For Crack Over Charges Of Racial Bias

Washington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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An independent panel is considering reducing the sentences of inmates incarcerated in federal prisons for crack cocaine offenses, which would make tho...

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Bush Wants New "Surge" -- In The War On Drugs

Washington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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President Bush announced Monday in Washington that he will ask Congress to approve a $500 million package to help Mexico fight drug cartels, the large...

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