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What’s Behind Felony Charges for Three Nonviolent Protesters in Salt Lake City?

Salt Lake City is a world apart from the rest of Utah culturally and politically, and its choice of district…

July 30, 2020

The Political Fight to Avoid an Evictions Catastrophe

The next crisis is fast approaching: one of evictions. On July 24, the federal four-month moratorium on evictions expired. It…

July 30, 2020

How I Wish My Parents Had Reacted to My Heroin Use

My parents aren’t exactly known for being calm. In fact my mother, who has mental health concerns, will lose her…

July 30, 2020

MD Judge: Cops Can’t Search You Because They Smell Weed

Merely claiming to smell cannabis on a suspect is no longer enough for Maryland police to make an arrest and…

July 29, 2020

Eight in 10 Democrats Want Marijuana Legalization. Why Doesn’t the Party?

Seventy-eight percent of Democrat voters want it. Nearly all of the Democratic presidential candidates wanted it. Ten Democrat-run states and…

July 29, 2020

New Orleans’ Nightmare Prosecutor Steps Down. Who’s Next?

In prosecutor accountability circles, the name Leon Cannizzaro carries almost mystical significance. Cannizzaro, the district attorney of Orleans Parish (New…

July 28, 2020

California’s Huge Overdose Increase Didn’t Have to Happen

The overdose crisis has finally reached California, following a relative delay in the arrival of fentanyl there which I described…

July 28, 2020

ACLU: COVID-19 Decarceration Did Not Increase Crime

Decarceration measures taken by county jails this past spring to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus behind bars bear no…

July 27, 2020

Native American Reservations a Haven for New York Vape Shops

Around Thanksgiving 2019, two months after Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an executive order that banned sales of flavored vaping products…

July 27, 2020

British Columbia’s Troubling Bid to Detain Young People Who Overdose

On June 23, the provincial government of British Columbia announced the first reading of Bill 22, a proposed amendment to…

July 27, 2020