Watching ‘The House I Live In’ on Rikers Island Watching ‘The House I Live In’ on Rikers Island
Filmmaker Eugene Jarecki is on a mission to show his Sundance-award winning movie, The House I Live In, to prisoners across the country. On a Friday in December, he went to New Yor...
Dec 21, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Liliana Segura
In Drug War, Small Victories Are Not the Revolution. Director Eugene Jarecki [VIDEO] In Drug War, Small Victories Are Not the Revolution. Director Eugene Jarecki [VIDEO]
November's victories at the ballot box show the drug war is vulnerable.
Dec 11, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Laura Flanders
The War on Drugs Is a War on Human Nature The War on Drugs Is a War on Human Nature
The unwinnable war transforms a freedom-loving republic into a freedom-fearing national security state.
Dec 10, 2012 / Lewis Lapham
Why Should Medical Marijuana Providers Die in Prison? Why Should Medical Marijuana Providers Die in Prison?
Rebecca Richman Cohen met Chris Williams in 2011, while making a documentary about Montana’s medical marijuana law. Today, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of more than eighty...
Nov 30, 2012 / Liliana Segura
The NFL’s Coming Conflict on Cannabis The NFL’s Coming Conflict on Cannabis
Recent referendums raise real questions for what the NFL should be saying about marijuana.
Nov 29, 2012 / Dave Zirin
It’s Time to End the War on Drugs It’s Time to End the War on Drugs
The trillion-dollar crusade isn’t making America drug-free—it’s making us the world's most incarcerated population.
Nov 20, 2012 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Voting Out the Drug War Voting Out the Drug War
Along with marijuana decriminalization in other states, the success of Proposition 36 in California is a ray of hope for those trapped in the abyss of the War on Drugs.
Nov 14, 2012 / Eugene Jarecki
Barney Frank, Ron Paul Pressure Obama on New Marijuana Laws Barney Frank, Ron Paul Pressure Obama on New Marijuana Laws
Frank and Paul are asking the federal government to respect new decriminalization laws in the states—while Latin American leaders get involved as well.
Nov 14, 2012 / George Zornick
California Rolls Back ‘Three Strikes’—Will Others Follow? California Rolls Back ‘Three Strikes’—Will Others Follow?
Along with marijuana decriminalization in other states, the success of Proposition 36 in California is a ray of hope for those trapped in the abyss of the War on Drugs.
Nov 8, 2012 / Eugene Jarecki
The Colorado Cannabis Factor The Colorado Cannabis Factor
Turnout for a popular ballot measure that would fully legalize marijuana could determine whether Obama or Romney wins this important swing state.
Oct 11, 2012 / Alyson Martin and Nushin Rashidian