Judge Postpones Ruling on Use of Informants in Sanchez Case Judge Postpones Ruling on Use of Informants in Sanchez Case
A federal judge last week abruptly postponed ruling on whether it was proper for prosecutors seeking wiretap permission to conceal their use of top members of the Mara Salvatruch...
Sep 23, 2010 / Tom Hayden
Feds Have Been Hiding Evidence From Wiretap Courts in Their War on Gangs Feds Have Been Hiding Evidence From Wiretap Courts in Their War on Gangs
Court records filed in the Alex Sanchez case and reviewed by The Nation show federal prosecutors have concealed their use of notorious gang leaders as informants while applying for...
Aug 27, 2010 / Tom Hayden
Obama Takes a Crack at Drug Reform Obama Takes a Crack at Drug Reform
A new law narrows the gap in cocaine sentencing and signals a shift in priorities.
Aug 26, 2010 / Feature / Ethan Nadelmann
Is This the End of the War on Crime? Is This the End of the War on Crime?
The era of "Lock 'em up and throw away the key" seems, slowly, to be drawing to a close.
Jun 16, 2010 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
Los Angeles Law Shows US Trending Toward Drug Liberalization Los Angeles Law Shows US Trending Toward Drug Liberalization
The progressive trend towards comprehensive drug law reform continues.
May 7, 2010 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Caught in the Crossfire Caught in the Crossfire
For students in a small Texas border town, drug violence offers frequent lessons on the failure of the "war on drugs."
May 2, 2010 / Nathaniel Parish Flannery
Marijuana, Boom and Bust Marijuana, Boom and Bust
As laws and DEA enforcement strategies change, so, too, do the fortunes of Northern California's Humboldt County.
Mar 31, 2010 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The War Against the ‘War on Drugs’ The War Against the ‘War on Drugs’
Economic necessity and shifting mores are changing the nation's approach to incarceration.
Jun 17, 2009 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky
The Dark Side of Plan Colombia The Dark Side of Plan Colombia
Is Plan Colombia subsidizing narco-traffickers to cultivate biofuels on stolen lands?
May 27, 2009 / Feature / Teo Ballvé
The Border Violence Myth The Border Violence Myth
The national media have invented a drug-related crime wave that officials and local journalists say just isn't happening.
May 27, 2009 / Feature / Gabriel Arana