Regulations Are Killed, and Kids Die Regulations Are Killed, and Kids Die
Under pressure, the Obama administration withdrew rules barring young laborers from dangerous work—a decision with grave consequences for several families.
Nov 12, 2013 / Feature / Mariya Strauss
The Grand Old Tea Party The Grand Old Tea Party
Why today's wacko birds are just like yesterday's wingnuts.
Nov 6, 2013 / Feature / Rick Perlstein
Boxed In: How a Criminal Record Keeps You Unemployed For Life Boxed In: How a Criminal Record Keeps You Unemployed For Life
People like Luis Rivera are being locked out of the formal workforce forever thanks to one youthful mistake.
Nov 6, 2013 / Feature / Kai Wright
Is Pot-Growing Bad for the Environment? Is Pot-Growing Bad for the Environment?
Thanks to the drug’s illegal status, marijuana farms are not regulated—with serious costs to water and wildlife.
Oct 31, 2013 / Feature / Seth Zuckerman
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
The Scandal of Racist Marijuana Arrests—and What To Do About It The Scandal of Racist Marijuana Arrests—and What To Do About It
The federal government has subsidized the criminalization of millions of young people simply for having a small amount of pot.
Oct 30, 2013 / Feature / Harry Levine