Tim Golden / ProPublicaJan 23, 2023
Genaro García Luna was tasked was taking the fight to Mexico's drug traffickers. He allegedly started working with them instead. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
Robert Reich / TruthdigMay 22, 2019
America's prohibition on pot has wasted billions of dollars and unjustly harmed millions of lives, all while furthering racist policies. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatchDec 23, 2018
The confusing messages we send overseas are a reflection of the conflicting images embedded in Washington’s latest version of diplomacy. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )
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Phillip Smith / Independent Media InstituteJul 10, 2018
The course Andrés Manuel López Obrador is charting marks a dramatic shift from those of his predecessors. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )
Liesl Bradner / TruthdigMay 26, 2018
Fulton Leroy Washington turned to art to cope with an unjust federal sentence. The story of his path to freedom is worth remembering as Congress considers prison reform. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
John Feffer / TomDispatchMar 26, 2018
Trump's across-the-board scorn for human rights is on display as he buddies up with the world’s most notorious autocrats. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / Hudson Valley NewsFeb 14, 2018
Jeff Kaufman joined the New York Police Department in 1980 because he wanted to serve his community. He left six years later because the state’s drug laws made that impossible. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Phillip Smith / AlterNetFeb 13, 2018
It's largely a return to the bad old days, with plenty of spending on cops and money to burn for a border wall that will accomplish nothing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Nick Turse / TomDispatchFeb 9, 2018
The U.S. Africa Command and Central Command squanders $500 million fighting a drug war in a scandal that catches the essence of what may be the true opioid crisis of 21st-century America. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )
Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig and Mr. FishJan 13, 2018
Despite efforts to sanitize the real King, the radical King, the fight to end his "three evils"—racism, poverty and militarism—continues today. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
Harvey Wasserman / OpEdNewsJan 11, 2018
The drug war is a cash cow for prison owners, cops, guards, lawyers, judges, bailiffs and others. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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