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Drug Prosecutions
Analysis
November 11, 2020
Will Drug Legalization Leave Black People Behind?
Even in states that have legalized or decriminalized marijuana possession, Black people are still more likely to be arrested for it than White people. These organizers are working to change that.
By
Wilbert L. Cooper
and
Christie Thompson
Commentary
August 26, 2018
Three Strikes Didn’t Work. It’s Time to Pay Reparations
Black and brown men paid the price for supplying what the recreational drug market demanded: cocaine and weed.
By
Juleyka Lantigua Williams
Life Inside
May 3, 2018
Want to Escape a Criminal Past? Move to Alaska (Like I Did)
After I left prison, nobody would hire me. So I threw a dart at a map.
By
J.T. Perkins Iii
as told to
Maurice Chammah
News
April 12, 2018
Seven Years Behind Bars for Two Joints — And Now He’s Free
Bernard Noble, whose case became a symbol of harsh drug laws, walks out of a Louisiana prison.
By
Nicole Lewis
and
Maurice Chammah
Analysis
November 6, 2015
The Dissenters
Not everybody is aboard the criminal justice reform bandwagon. Here’s why.
By
Maurice Chammah
Commentary
September 3, 2015
Obama’s Final 500 Days
People from across the political spectrum suggest criminal justice reforms the president should enact during his remaining time in office.
By
Andrew Cohen