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Obama’s War on Pot

While the press has hailed the president’s “public health” approach, the White House has cracked down on cannabis.

Mike Riggs

Marijuana and Police Militarization: Mission Creep

How the war on pot has fueled SWAT raids and paramilitary policing.

The Nation

Pot Reform’s Race Problem

The fight against marijuana prohibition must put racial justice at the center.

Carl L. Hart

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.

Harry Levine

Let a Thousand Flowers Bloom: The Populist Politics of Cannabis Reform

The grassroots struggle to free the weed has always been about more than just legalizing pot.

Martin A. Lee

The Marijuana Miracle: Why a Single Compound in Cannabis May Revolutionize Modern Medicine

The discovery of pot’s astonishing medical potential is the most compelling new reason for legalizing the plant.

Martin A. Lee

Can Medical Marijuana Survive in Washington State?

Legalization in the Evergreen State has led to parallel marijuana industries. Is there room for both?

Kristen Gwynne

The Drug War Touched My Life: Why I’m Fighting Back

A former cop, a former prisoner, the daughter of a marijuana caregiver who died in custody and others speak out against the war on cannabis.

Various Contributors

Baking Bad: A Potted History of ‘High Times’

The editors of the nation’s most popular pot magazine on its four decades-long fight to end cannabis prohibition.

Atossa Araxia Abrahamian

Comix Nation

Jen Sorensen

Why It’s Always Been Time to Legalize Marijuana

Let’s put an end to the “war on drugs” that has ruined so many lives.

Katrina vanden Heuvel

Bill de Blasio Is Not Afraid of Red Scare Ghosts

The Democratic candidate for New York mayor confronts the dark legacy of a federal employee loyalty program.

Landon R.Y. Storrs

Former Prosecutor to Jurors: Nullify!

Paul Butler used to send people to prison for drugs. Now he supports letting guilty drug offenders go.

Liliana Segura

Dump the ‘Redskins’ Slur!

For decades, Native Americans have fought to change the NFL team’s name. Now, finally, there’s a groundswell for change.

Dave Zirin

‘Dissent’ and the Center for American Progress: Liberalism’s Bullpen

Two critical institutions of American liberalism just celebrated birthdays. Here’s wishing them many happy returns.

Eric Alterman

Writing as Woman’s Work

The devaluation of “content” is bad for readers and for democracy.

Patricia J. Williams

A Spouse at Goldman Sachs

Calvin Trillin

China U.

Confucius Institutes censor political discussions and restrain the free exchange of ideas. Why, then, do American universities sponsor them?

Marshall Sahlins

Shelf Life

Emily Brady’s Humboldt explains why the legalization of pot could cause the biggest economic bust in California’s history.

Kate Murphy

Letters

Miami vice… Hillary fever… our new look…

Our Readers

Puzzle No. 3301

And don’t miss Kosman and Picciotto’s crossword blog, Word Salad.

Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto