News | Economy & Labor 2016 Is “Biggest Year Ever” for Marijuana Reform, Advocates Say Marijuana is on nine state ballots this election. Is this a turning point for the US's failed 80-year-long prohibition? By Michael Corcoran , Truthout October 30, 2016 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing ACLU and HRW Call to Decriminalize Drug Use and Possession After Documenting Arrests Every 25 Seconds In 2015 police booked more people for small-time marijuana charges than for murder, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault combined. By Juan González & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! October 14, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing More Proof the Drug War Is Not Over Ramping up criminal penalties for drug misuse will further entrench the poverty and social circumstances driving it. By Maya Schenwar , Truthout October 12, 2016 Truthout
Review | Attica: How the Suppression of an Uprising Fed the Prison Industry Those who ordered the slaughter at Attica prison intentionally sent the US down the path of mass incarceration. By Alan Mills , Truthout September 9, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Prisons & Policing As Obama’s Presidency Enters Final Months, Thousands Behind Bars Hope for Clemency President Obama can help criminal justice reform by issuing mass commutations of unduly harsh drug war sentences. By Victoria Law , Truthout September 2, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Law, Order and the Wall: Would Trump and Pence Fuel the Drug War? Team Trump seems eager to return to a time when health problems like drug misuse were blamed on moral decay. By Mike Ludwig , Truthout August 4, 2016 Truthout
Interview | War & Peace “No More War”: Protesters Disrupt Ex-CIA Director Leon Panetta’s DNC Speech Protests on the floor of the convention continued on Wednesday. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! July 28, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing The Problem Is Overpolicing Making the police more diverse or tinkering with their training won't stop police killings of Black people. The problem is overpolicing. By Alex S. Vitale , Truthout July 9, 2016 Truthout
Review | The Punishment Paradigm: Two New Books Take on Prison, Race and History Two works by young scholars of color bring fresh perspectives to the history of mass incarceration and the rise of debtors' prisons. By James Kilgore , Truthout July 5, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Politics & Elections The War on Weed Is Winding Down — but Will Monsanto Be the Winner? Skeptics question the sudden push for legalization, which is largely funded by wealthy investors linked to Big Ag and Big Pharma. By Ellen Brown , TheWebofDebtBlog June 26, 2016 Truthout