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Past US Example Could Stem Marijuana Arrests and Border Violence
States loosen marijuana laws but the federal government's continued prohibition means a boom in marijuana smuggling, drug-war violence and mass criminalization. Is it time to change direction?
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Mumia: The Unsilenced Voice of a “Long-Distance Revolutionary“
Chris Hedges was forbidden to take notes in his interview with the famous political prisoner, so he transmits his words from memory.
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American Justice: Marijuana Convicts Scarred While BP Execs Untouched
While young black males are disenfranchised for life for dealing modest amounts of weed, BP can expect to be back to business as usual despite its horrific crimes.
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The Shocking Details of a Mississippi School-to-Prison Pipeline
Wear the wrong color socks to school in Meridian, Mississippi, and you might end up in juvy.
Kurdish Prisoners End Mass Hunger Strike
The Kurdish movement is the greatest challenge to the neoliberal, conservative Turkish government, says international development scholar Baris Karaagac.
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Taking Back Our Children: What the Chesser Custody Case Says About Faith and Parenting in Islamophobic America
For Proscovia, the custody hearing solidified her belief that the war on terror is really a war against her faith.
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Vagrancy Laws, Poll Taxes, Financialization and the School-to-Prison Pipeline in Mississippi
Untucked shirts and wrong-colored socks are putting Mississippi's young African-Americans on the road to
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Occupy the Prison-Industrial Complex
The Occupy movement is raising awareness and trying to put an end to major corporations profiting from prison privatization.
Widespread Use of Plea Bargains Plays Major Role in Mass Incarceration
Plea bargaining has become historically ubiquitous as the principal, if not primary, method of criminal case disposition in the US.
Prop 34: Ex-San Quentin Prison Warden Jeanne Woodford Backs California Measure to End Death Penalty
The former warden of San Quentin State Prison, Jeanne Woodford, joins us to discuss why she has come out in favor of Proposition 34, a ballot initiative to abolish …