Tana Ganeva

Tana is a reporter covering criminal justice, drug policy, immigration and politics. She’s written for the Washington Post, RollingStone.com, Glamour, Gothamist, Vice and the Stanford Social Innovation Review. She also writes on Substack. She was previously deputy editor of The Influence, a web magazine about drug policy and criminal justice, and served for years as managing editor of AlterNet. She lives in New York City.

“Survival Mode” Amid Trump’s Health Care and Harm Reduction Cuts

The Trump administration continues to wage war on programs that keep people who use drugs healthy and alive. Experts fear…

February 9, 2026

Drugs Barely Even a Pretext Anymore in Trump’s Regional Nightmare

On January 19, Senator Tim Kaine (D-Va) vowed to pass a war powers resolution curbing the Trump administration’s military actions…

January 20, 2026

Pressure Builds on Hegseth for Killings of Helpless Boat-Strike Survivors

Democratic lawmakers are demanding that “War Secretary” Pete Hegseth release footage of a strike that killed two helpless survivors of…

December 9, 2025

“Clock Starts to Tick,” Amid Trump’s Venezuela Build-Up

The United States continues its heavy military build-up in the Caribbean, and continues to strike boats off the coast of…

November 25, 2025

Grassroots Harm Reduction Sidelined in NY Opioid Fund Spending

“He was awesome,” Alexis Pleus, executive director of Truth Pharm, a small harm reduction organization based in Binghamton, New York,…

November 13, 2025

“Weaponizing Grief”—Experts Weigh In on Trump’s Continuing Boat Strikes

Yet again, like clockwork, “Secretary of War” Pete Hegseth boasted on November 4 about a “lethal kinetic strike” on a…

November 5, 2025

Death Toll From US Boat Strikes Now Exceeds 60

On October 29, the United States struck another boat in the eastern Pacific, killing four people on board. The attack…

October 30, 2025

Is Venezuela Regime Change a Goal of Trump’s Drug-War Strikes?

On October 4, President Donald Trump addressed the United States Navy, praising its role in blowing up yet another Caribbean…

October 9, 2025

Confusion and Anger in Portland Over Trump Troop Deployment

On September 29, Chief Bob Day of the Portland Police Bureau expressed bewilderment as to why President Donald Trump has…

October 2, 2025

Trump Brags of Lethal US Drug-War Strikes to the United Nations

On September 23, United States President Donald Trump delivered an unhinged diatribe at the United Nations in New York. For…

September 24, 2025