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Smoke: Marijuana & Black America
Smoke: Marijuana & Black America

Thought leaders explore marijuana's influence in hip hop, how America's war on drugs impacted Black and Brown communities, and if legalization can ever right past wrongs.
11/19/2020

Jay Z: 'The War on Drugs Is an Epic Fail'

Is he right about this?
09/15/2016

Heroin in White America: Ohio Police Release Striking Photo of Overdosing Couple With Child in Backseat

Not typical image the country has grown comfortable with.
09/09/2016

Obama Dissects Impact of War on Drugs With the Creator of The Wire

President and David Simon discuss criminal justice issues.
03/30/2015

New Report Reveals Chicago Police 'Black Site' Targeting Poor American Minorities

Homan Square is allegedly home to secret police work.
02/25/2015
Corrections Expenditures Have Skyrocketed in Past Decades

Health Rewind: Prison Rates Among Women are Skyrocketing

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Gray’s Lawyer Denies Police Account of Shooting

Young Blacks More Likely to Be Arrested for Non-Violent Crimes

Interactive map shows where this injustice happens most.
04/25/2014
Criminal Justice  - According to Peter Groff, head of the U.S. Department of Education’s faith-based initiatives center, criminal justice is still an area of concern, particularly because of the disproportionate number of African-American males in the nation’s penal system and jails. Lincoln University political science professor F. Carl Walton agrees that while the number of Black judges, lawyers and law enforcement officials has increased, state legislatures continue to pass laws that often result in disparate and harsher sentences for Blacks.(Photo: REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)

More Americans Favor Treatment, Not Jail, for Hard Drug Users

Is the public ready for a truce in the ongoing war on drugs?
04/03/2014
Racial Profiling Definition

Racial Disparities in the U.S. Criminal Justice System

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Attorney General Announces $6.7 Million to Improve Legal Defense for Poor

Justice Department Takes Steps to Reduce Stiff Drug Sentences

Holder: severe terms should only go to violent offenders.
09/20/2013

Eric Holder’s Proposal Could Shift the Focus of the Prison Industrial Complex

The attorney general's plan addresses mandatory minimums.
08/20/2013