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September 24, 2010
This week on the Confab: the end of Colonel Reb at Ole Miss, sentencing disparities for drugs, the church sex scandal, For Colored Girls and more. Join The Root's senior editor, Teresa Wiltz, as she talks with Washington correspondent Cord Jefferson, contributor Lynette Holloway and columnist Helena Andrews.
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July 28, 2010
Congress is helping to end crack-cocaine sentencing disparities.
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by Robert Perkinson onMay 12, 2010
The U.S. Senate recently reduced the sentencing disparities for possession of powder cocaine and crack, from 100-1 to 18-1. That's hardly progress.
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by James Rucker onMarch 26, 2010
Everyone agrees the difference in punishment for crack and cocaine makes no sense. So why settle for less than zero, asks the leader of Color of Change.
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