
› Obama on Drugs his position, so far
› Inner City Story David Simon, creator of The Wire
› Democracy Now repealing the Rockefeller drug laws
› Drop The Rock drug law reform campaign
› Legalize It! seattle's top cop agrees
Watch this excellent interview with the author of the upcoming book, Murder City. He explains how the U.S. war on drugs has turned Juarez, Mexico--the border town nearest Texas--into a war zone. He explains how U.S. immigration policy, gun laws and NAFTA all play a major role in the escalating violence...
› Read Bowden's original article here
Obama's toned down the the rhetoric on drugs considerabley, and come out in support of some promising changes—like the examples mentioned above. But will he actually do anything except continue the same war with kinder words. And will he have the politcal balls to stand up to the big private prison operators, who have been the main beneficiaries of the war on drugs—and the war on smoking marijuana that Bush Jr. started a few years ago. This article by Arianna Huffington on Alternet summarizes the administrations position so far and attempts to answer that question...
Interview with author of fascinating new book on drugs and addiction. watch here›
Listen to original speeches by King on Democracy Now's MLK Jr. Day/Obama inauguration special. Also features some excellent interviews from Bill Moyers before the '08 election, including a good one with Jeremiah Wright. Read More››
The debate for legalization is heating up again now that Bush is gone. Get an update here. More›
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Listen to the articulate former black panther, wrongly placed on death row in 1981
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