Tell President Obama: Pardon Prisoners and Commute Unjust Sentences Tell President Obama: Pardon Prisoners and Commute Unjust Sentences
Join us in calling on President Obama to pardon or commute the sentences of federal prisoners serving excessive sentences for nonviolent drug crimes.
Oct 31, 2013 / NationAction
Remembering Doug Ireland Remembering Doug Ireland
Doug Ireland followed the truth wherever it took him.
Oct 31, 2013 / Micah L. Sifry
Special Issue: Marijuana Wars Special Issue: Marijuana Wars
It’s time to end pot prohibition. It's time to legalize marijuana.
Oct 31, 2013 / The Nation
Boston Red Sox Party Like It’s 1918 and My Hate Is on Hold Boston Red Sox Party Like It’s 1918 and My Hate Is on Hold
Baseball is about the unity of tradition and change. The Boston Red Sox's World Series victory has demonstrated this in dramatic fashion.
Oct 31, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Sorry, There’s No Evidence Big Business Has Abandoned the Tea Party or GOP Sorry, There’s No Evidence Big Business Has Abandoned the Tea Party or GOP
Despite press chatter of a civil war, there’s no evidence big business has divorced the GOP or Tea Party.
Oct 31, 2013 / Lee Fang
The Cineaste’s Guide to Watching Movies While Stoned The Cineaste’s Guide to Watching Movies While Stoned
The 1960s and ’70s were a golden age of film—especially if you didn’t mind the smell of pot smoke in the theater.
Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / J. Hoberman
Pot Block! Trapped in the Marijuana Rescheduling Maze Pot Block! Trapped in the Marijuana Rescheduling Maze
One journalist-provocateur’s journey into the drug war bureaucracy shows why previous efforts to reschedule pot have been DEA’d on arrival.
Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / Harmon Leon
Obama’s War on Pot Obama’s War on Pot
While the press has hailed the president’s “public health” approach, the White House has cracked down on cannabis.
Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / Mike Riggs
Marijuana and Police Militarization: Mission Creep Marijuana and Police Militarization: Mission Creep
How the war on pot has fueled SWAT raids and paramilitary policing.
Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / The Nation
Pot Reform’s Race Problem Pot Reform’s Race Problem
The fight against marijuana prohibition must put racial justice at the center.
Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / Carl L. Hart