war on drugs
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Could Reactions to Cash-App Stabbing Harm Black San Francisco Residents?
In San Francisco, fear over the stabbing of Cash App founder Bob Lee is leading to a rise in "tough-on-crime" rhetoric.
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Will Biden’s Marijuana Executive Pardons Lesson the War on Drugs on Black Citizens?
Some believe the White House's executive order will begin to heal the damage of Nixon's War on Drugs over-policing initiative.
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‘Euphoria’ and HBO Criticized by D.A.R.E. for Glorifying Drug Use Among Teens
The two characters on the show that most prominently struggle with drugs are both Black
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Snowfall Season 5 Premieres in February
Snowfall returns to FX with the first two episodes of Season 5 on Feb. 23.
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Low-Level Offenses, Including Drug Possession and Prostitution, to No Longer Be Prosecuted in Baltimore
The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has seen law enforcement and criminal justice agencies across the country make adjustments in what crimes they do and don’t prosecute in an effort to mitigate the spread of the virus. In Baltimore, those adjustments will remain permanent as the city prosecutor announced her office will no longer prosecute a multitude…
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‘Smoke Your Weed, Baby’: Memories of My Mother’s Truth or D.A.R.E.
Today is the day my mother’s body expired because it could no longer take the demands of dialysis to manage the serial killer so many black families face—that literal motherfucker diabetes. She left this earth Feb. 7, 2018, and in every moment since, my life has been a series of disbelief, denial, and levels of…
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New Year, New Marijuana Law: Illinois Lt. Governor Celebrates 2020 by Purchasing Newly Legal Edibles
Public officials, they’re (sometimes) just like us! Hundreds of customers poured into Sunnyside Lakeview dispensary in Chicago on Wednesday, the first day recreational marijuana could be legally purchased in Illinois. Among that number was the state’s lieutenant governor, Juliana Stratton, who was there to tout the new marijuana law’s emphasis on equity—as well as purchase…
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Chicago’s Top Prosecutor Tosses Out More Than 1,000 Marijuana Convictions Ahead of State Legalization Law
Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx took the first step toward wiping more than 1,000 marijuana convictions off the books, appearing at a court hearing Wednesday afternoon to call for the expungement of low-level cannabis convictions. As the Chicago Sun-Times reports, the move is part of Illinois’ new recreational marijuana law, which legalizes weed in…
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Black Woman Wins $205,000 Settlement After Charging Texas Cop Yanked Out Her Tampon in the Middle of the Street
A woman has agreed to accept a payout of $205,000 from the city of San Antonio, Texas, to settle her suit charging that her constitutional rights were violated when a cop not only performed a vaginal cavity search in the middle of the street but yanked out her tampon in the midst of it. Natalie…