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by Patricia J. Williams onFebruary 17, 2013
Patricia J. Williams parses at the Nation how America's war on drugs is ineffective and unfairly targets inner-city children of color.
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August 21, 2012
See the creator of The Wire explain why America isn't interested in bringing jobs to the inner city.
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by John McWhorter onAugust 11, 2011
At the core of young black men's violence against mostly white victims: the constant presence of police.
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by Leonard Pitts Jr. onJuly 31, 2011
Leonard Pitts of the Miami Herald evaluates the NAACP's push to end the nation's "flawed drug policy."
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by John McWhorter onMay 17, 2011
Raising moral issues about mass incarceration will not work. Let's argue that halting it will, at last, end their white guilt about the "black problem."
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