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New York Decriminalizes Cannabis, But Fails to Address Injustice

After stalling cannabis legalization in spring 2019, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill that decriminalizes small-quantity…

July 29, 2019

Algorithm Using Racist Drug War Data to Determine Missourians’ Freedom

An algorithm based on data from decades of drug war policing that disproportionately targets Black Missourians will soon, in part,…

July 29, 2019

A Conversation with Michael Johnson, Criminalized by Missouri’s HIV Law

Last week, Michael Johnson, a young black gay man, was released earlier than expected from Boonville Correctional Center in Missouri.…

July 16, 2019

New Coalition: Congress, It’s Time to End Federal Cannabis Prohibition

On July 10, the House of Representatives held a hearing on marijuana prohibition in the United States, examining the issue…

July 15, 2019

“When They See Us” Depicts Gaslighting as a Form of Police Abuse

Listen to me, Tron. I need you to do what the police want you to do. You gotta say what…

July 11, 2019

What to Make of a Leading Anti-Cannabis Advocate Retweeting a Far-Right Podcaster?

Given the racist past and present of cannabis prohibition in the United States⁠, an anti-legalization leader retweeting one of the…

June 26, 2019

Could Ending Asset Forfeiture Be a First Step Towards Reparations?

Coinciding with Juneteenth, a day honoring the emancipation of enslaved peoples, Congress held the first hearing on reparations for Black…

June 19, 2019

Sinister Motives, Moral Panic Behind Florida’s Persecution of Sex Workers

Bruce Colton, the chief elected prosecutor of Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie Counties in Florida, is anything but…

June 12, 2019

How Drug Policy Fuels the Genocide of Indigenous Women in Canada

Cherisse was 17 years old in 2009, and had recently given birth to a baby boy. A member of the…

June 6, 2019

Data Platform Scores California Police Departments a Resounding “F” for Racial Bias

Every person in prison is a policy failure," is a common phrase in abolitionist circles. But of course it's not…

June 3, 2019