Posts Tagged ‘War on Drugs’

A “war on drugs” or a war on people of color?

A “war on drugs” or a war on people of color?
When the head of the California division of the NAACP spoke out in support of that state’s Proposition 19 this summer, there seemed to be an equal amount of immediate praise and backlash. Alice Huffman labeled the drug war as a “civil rights issue” getting attention both on a state and national...
October 21st, 2010 | Criminal Justice, Featured | Read More

Fourteen examples of systemic racism in the U.S. criminal justice system

Fourteen examples of systemic racism in the U.S. criminal justice system
The biggest crime in the U.S. criminal justice system is that it is a race-based institution where African-Americans are directly targeted and punished in a much more aggressive way than white people. Saying the US criminal system is racist may be politically controversial in some circles. But the facts...
July 26th, 2010 | Criminal Justice, Featured | Read More

Mexico and the U.S.

Mexico and the U.S.
How would you describe the state of the relationship between Mexico and the United States? On the latest edition of Destination Casa Blanca, a group of area experts described it as pretty good. Sure, there are bound to be some problems when countries share a nearly 2000-mile border, and one has a...
June 29th, 2010 | Featured, Immigration | Read More

Mass Incarceration: A destroyer of people of color and their communities

Mass Incarceration: A destroyer of people of color and their communities
Dear Obama Administration, instead of having our Drug Czar focus on addiction recovery and prevention programs, how about changing the policy of our racialized criminal justice system that has used the “War on Drugs” policy to put more Black males in the criminal justice system than slavery in 1850? Around...
May 17th, 2010 | Criminal Justice | Read More

Drug bust or racist revenge?

Drug bust or racist revenge?
Sheriff Scott Franklin of Jena says he is trying to rid his community of drugs. Critics say he is pursuing a vendetta against the town’s Black community. At four am on July 9 of last year, more than 150 officers from 10 different agencies gathered in a large barn just outside Jena, Louisiana. The day...
May 14th, 2010 | Criminal Justice, Talk About Race | Read More

Randy Credico vs Chuck Schumer and the Drug Laws (Part 2)

Randy Credico is a former comedian turned political activist/drug law reformer who has worked as Director for the William Moses Knustler Fund for Racial Justice the past 12 years. Now, he’d like to take on and challenge Senator Chuck Schumer for his seat in the Senate. Part 1 of my interview with...
May 6th, 2010 | Politics, US | Read More

Randy Credico vs Chuck Schumer and the Drug Laws (Part 1)

Randy Credico vs Chuck Schumer and the Drug Laws (Part 1)
Randy Credico is a former comedian turned political activist/drug law reformer who has worked as Director for the William Moses Knustler Fund for Racial Justice the past 12 years. Now, he’d like to take on and challenge Senator Chuck Schumer for his seat in the Senate. Kathleen Wells: Randy,...
May 5th, 2010 | Featured, Politics, US | Read More

Want to know what’s wrong with the War on Drugs?

Want to know what’s wrong with the War on Drugs?
By Madhuri Mohindar and Ishita Srivastava It’s the first time that 1 in every 100 adult Americans is in prison, proof of an exploding prison system that our country can ill afford and a movement away from rehabilitation programs. Even more disturbing are the racial disparities within the prison...
March 11th, 2010 | Criminal Justice, Racial Equity | Read More