Tag: education

    Jair Bolsonaro, Enemy of Books, Now in Brazil’s Prison Reading Program

    In 2020, Brazil’s then-president Jair Bolsonaro criticized grade-school didactic books for having “too much ...

    Georgia Lawmakers’ “Number-One Priority” is Literacy, Except in Prisons

    Georgia legislators say they’re going all-in to improve literacy rates. On March 10 the ...

    Campus Harm Reduction Fueled by Student Advocacy, Some State Policies 

    At the University of California, Berkeley, six locations across campus offer students free fentanyl ...

    Many Prisoners Take the GED Test. It’s Hard to Get a Job in Here Without It.

    In 2022, Tennessee amended its state constitution to prohibit slavery and involuntary servitude as ...

    The Barriers to Learning to Read in Prison

    About 20 years ago, a man I was incarcerated with asked me to help ...

    What I Tell My Kids About My History of Drug Use

    The most chaotic period of my life was partly captured on film, for a ...

    Psychedelic Advocates Help Push Back Colorado Social Media Policing Bill

    Colorado lawmakers have been working on a bill that psychedelic advocates warn would result ...

    No Drug Education: The Rise and Fall of DARE

    Praised by politicians, parents and presidents, police officers taught DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) ...

    Youth Overdose Crisis Swells Because Drug Warriors “Cried Wolf”

    Since time immemorial—well, the early 20th century—youth have been inundated with messages about the ...

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