Americas

U.S. Corruption Trial of Mexico’s Former Security Minister Promises to Pull Curtain Back on Narco Links to Politics

Tim Golden / ProPublica Jan 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: Legalizing Marijuana Is a No-Brainer

Robert Reich / Truthdig May 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 )

Add ‘Floating Guantanamos’ to the List of U.S. Crimes Abroad

Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatch Dec 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 )

Trump News Network (Video)

Mark Fiore / Truthdig Nov 29, 2018 Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Mexico’s President-Elect Plans to End the Nation’s War on Drugs

Phillip Smith / Independent Media Institute Jul 10, 2018 The course Andrés Manuel López Obrador is charting marks a dramatic shift from those of his predecessors. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Painting a Path Out of Prison

Liesl Bradner / Truthdig May 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 )

The President’s BFFs Are the World’s Greatest Human Rights Abusers

John Feffer / TomDispatch Mar 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 )

Drug Policy From the Precinct

Alexander Reed Kelly / Hudson Valley News Feb 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 )

Trump’s Proposed Budget Doubles Down on the Drug War

Phillip Smith / AlterNet Feb 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 )

Pentagon Watchdog Calls Out Two Military Commands for Financial Malfeasance

Nick Turse / TomDispatch Feb 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 )

Martin Luther King’s Revolutionary Dream Deferred

Maj. Danny Sjursen / Truthdig and Mr. Fish Jan 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 )

Why Jeff Sessions Loves Pot Prohibition

Harvey Wasserman / OpEdNews Jan 11, 2018 The drug war is a cash cow for prison owners, cops, guards, lawyers, judges, bailiffs and others. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )