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US Embassy, DEA Obstructing Investigation Into Drug War Killings in Honduras
The failure to provide answers about what happened last year has shed light on the DEA's questionable methods.

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Travesty in “Post-Racial” America: the Zimmerman Verdict
Black America and people of good will of all races watched in utter dismay as the jury in the George Zimmerman Trial issued its verdict of not guilty in …

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Disappeared, Smeared and Abandoned by their Government: the Fate of Mexico’s Disappeared
The recent "forced disappearance" of 12 young people from an after-hours club in Mexico City (an estimated 26,000 people have disappeared in the past six years) has resulted, as …

Intriguing Results from the OAS Drug Policy Scenario Workshop
If you are interested in finding solutions to the War on Drugs, you will want to take a look at the Organization of American States document titled Scenarios for …

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Top Ten Reasons to Legalize Marijuana Now
The war on drugs is like the classic mafia protection racket: our government creates a perpetual problem and then charges us exorbitantly to 'protect' us from it.

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Undercover: Police Officer Connected to “NATO 5” Case Still Spying on Protest in Chicago
Why keep an undercover officer in play almost a year after the protests that put him into motion as a spy?

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Education Reform in the New Jim Crow Era
What do the war on drugs and market-oriented education reform have in common?

From Capital Punishment to Guns, Old Fears Weigh Like a Nightmare on Today’s Debate
Stephen John Hartnett (author of Executing Democracy): The roots of today's debate about capital punishment, prisons and guns goes back to pre-civil war religious ideas that slaves must be …

With Obama Visit, Mexicans Scrutinize US Immigration Bill
Mexico's reception of President Barack Obama last weekend and of his immigration reform bill is decidedly mixed. The bill's emphasis on border security and its downgrading of family reunification …

52 Percent of Americans Favor Legalization of Marijuana
Neill Franklin: While 45 percent of Americans oppose legal marijuana, 70 percent think enforcing federal drug laws is a waste of money.