Rockefeller Drugs Laws: Ripe for Reform Rockefeller Drugs Laws: Ripe for Reform
New York activists who oppose the state's repressive drug laws are optimistic about the new political landscape but unsure of whether politicians will embrace the necessary radical...
Jan 23, 2009 / Feature / Sarah Arnold
Mexico’s Drug Problem–and Ours Mexico’s Drug Problem–and Ours
Drug-related violence tearing Mexican society apart. Is America next?
Sep 6, 2008 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman
Playing Politics at School Playing Politics at School
Casting himself as tough on school crime as election day nears, Kentucky Republican Representative Geoff Davis is pushing a measure that puts the constitutional right of students a...
Oct 24, 2006 / Feature / Hasdai Westbrook
Drug Busts=Jim Crow Drug Busts=Jim Crow
The drug war is the heir to Jim Crow: a form of widespread, legalized discrimination.
Jun 21, 2006 / Feature / Ira Glasser
Drug War Flunks Out Drug War Flunks Out
Students for Sensible Drug Policy and the ACLU are challenging a draconian Education Department rule that blocks student drug offenders from receiving federal aid.
May 25, 2006 / Hasdai Westbrook
Afghan Poppies Bloom Afghan Poppies Bloom
The war-ravaged, opium-dependent country lives in fear of a new drug war.
Jan 6, 2005 / Feature / Christian Parenti
Why They Hated Gary Webb Why They Hated Gary Webb
Few spectacles in journalism in the mid-1990s were more disgusting than the slagging of Gary Webb in the New York Times, Washington Post and Los Angeles Times.
Dec 16, 2004 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
Talking With Anthony Papa Talking With Anthony Papa
He is using his art to publicize the injustice of the drug laws that put him away.
Dec 9, 2004 / Feature / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow
Cultivating Opium, Not Democracy Cultivating Opium, Not Democracy
Afghanistan's crop "has spread like wildfire."
Nov 23, 2004 / Column / Robert Scheer
Washington Votes for War in Colombia Washington Votes for War in Colombia
The US troop presence is doubled--as Colombia's civil movement says no to more war.
Oct 19, 2004 / Feature / Bill Weinberg