Despite Liberalizing Marijuana Laws, the War on Drugs Still Targets People of Color
The war on drugs is still in full force against people of color — and not just because of Jeff Sessions and Donald Trump.
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The Bigot Who Threatened CNN Got Out of Jail in Time for Dinner
Imagine if this man making homicidal threats was a Muslim immigrant.
London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Donald Trump: He Sounds Like ISIS
After Trump criticized him in a way that's widely seen as racist, Khan says the U.S. leader is "amplifying a message of division and hatred."
Centrist Democrats Launch Smear Campaign Against Young Transgender Woman, All to Keep an Old, Straight, White Man in Power
Why are establishment Democrats so determined to prevent the first transgender woman from becoming a U.S. senator?
Here Are the Four Things a Democratic Presidential Candidate Will Need to Beat Trump in 2020
And Oprah has them all.
The Same Democrats Who Denounce Donald Trump as a Lawless, Treasonous Authoritarian Just Voted to Give Him Vast Warrantless Spying Powers
How can the rhetoric about Trump from Democratic leaders be reconciled with their actions to protect his unchecked power to spy on Americans?
As New York City Declares War on the Oil Industry, the Politically Impossible Suddenly Seems Possible
New York City’s lawsuit for climate damages raises the prospect that oil companies may have to pay for rising sea levels and extreme weather.
First France, Now Brazil Unveils Plan to Empower the Government to Censor the Internet in the Name of Stopping "Fake News"
Which is the more serious threat: people publishing false claims (which are subject to correction), or governments censoring political content they have judged to be false?
Oprah Winfrey for President: Have We All Gone Bonkers?
After a stirring speech at the Golden Globes, Winfrey was discussed as a candidate to face Donald Trump in 2020. But we don't need another celebrity president.
ACLU Says New Jersey Prisons' Banning of "The New Jim Crow" Is Unconstitutional
The landmark book about race and mass incarceration is banned in a state with the highest racial disparity in its prison population.