Tag: race
Prosecutors Excluded Jurors for Being Black, NC Supreme Court Finds
Juries in the United States are not just 12 people selected at random. Instead, ...
Outrage at Biden Administration Caving to “Crack Pipes” Pressure
“Biden crime policy: Crack pipes for all. What could go wrong?” asked Texas Senator ...
Senate Candidate’s Blunt Ad on Drug-War Targeting of Black Louisianans
In 1992, then-presidential candidate and Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton disclosed that he had experimented ...
New Vermont Bill Seeks to Decriminalize Drug Possession and Sharing
Vermont Democratic and Progressive lawmakers filed a new bill this week to decriminalize drug ...
The NYPD Operates With Near-Impunity, Finds NYCLU Report
The New York City Police Department ignored the disciplinary recommendations of its oversight board ...
How Key Early Ideas Helped Shape Today’s Harm Reduction Movement
[This article is excerpted from UNDOING DRUGS: The Untold Story of Harm Reduction and ...
Baltimore Study Boosts Movements to Decriminalize Drugs and Sex Work
Replication is of paramount importance, in the sciences, in determining whether an earlier research ...
We Social Workers Should Remember Our Values and Stop Policing
In response to the murders of Black people by police, we have seen sweeping ...
Charleston Prosecutors Treat Black and White Men Equally, Report Finds. Really?
How many former prosecutors does it take to give a white elected prosecutor in ...
House Votes to Equalize Sentencing for Crack and Powder Cocaine
On September 28, the US House of Representatives approved a bill to make punishments ...
