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In defense of the Ferguson rioters

Nov 28, 2014 | Criminal Justice/Prison-Industrial Complex, mic, Race and Racism

Published: Daily Dot (November 28, 2014)

In Ferguson, the streets are on fire, and so are the media as they follow rioters through clouds of tear gas and across lines of National Guard troops. Months after the death of Michael Brown at the hands of Officer Darren Wilson, the people of Ferguson have yet to see justice;

But the unrest is bigger than either Wilson or Brown.... Read Original Article

Mississippi is Stripping Prisoners of Their Right to Family Visits For Political Reasons

Jan 17, 2014 | Criminal Justice/Prison-Industrial Complex, mic

Published: mic (January 17, 2014)

On Friday, family members of those incarcerated in Mississippi prisoners will gather in the state capital in support of their imprisoned loved ones. For the significant others, imprisonment can be especially trying, and it’s about to become even more so.

The state that pioneered the concept of family visits is now taking them away.... Read Original Article

If You Believed the “37 Dead in Marijuana Overdose” Hoax, You Should Be Ashamed

Jan 4, 2014 | Criminal Justice/Prison-Industrial Complex, Health & Wellness (Physical), Internet Culture, Marijuana Legalization and the War on Drugs, mic

Published: mic (January 4, 2014)

You may have already seen this headline all over social media:

“Marijuana Overdoses Kill 37 in Colorado On First Day of Legalization”

Already Twitter and Facebook feeds are abuzz with this news item, as right-wingers purr with delight at the opportunity to tweak their left-wing and libertarian friends with proclamations of “I told you so!”... Read Original Article

Eric Holder May Have Just Made One Of the Biggest Decisions in U.S. History

Aug 12, 2013 | Criminal Justice/Prison-Industrial Complex, Marijuana Legalization and the War on Drugs, mic

Published: mic (August 12, 2013)

On Monday, Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Justice Department will stop imposing mandatory minimum prison sentences on a number of non-violent drug offenders.

As he explained in a prepared statement:

“I have mandated a modification of the Justice Department’s charging policies so that certain low-level, nonviolent drug offenders who have no ties to large-scale organizations, gangs, or cartels, will no longer be charged with offenses that impose draconian mandatory minimum sentences.”

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“J’Accuse” George Zimmerman

Jul 14, 2013 | Criminal Justice/Prison-Industrial Complex, mic, Race and Racism

Published: mic (July 14, 2013)

More than a century ago, the French novelist Emile Zola drew attention to one epidemic of bigotry that was infecting his country. In his classic essay “J’Accuse,” he pointed the finger of accusation at anti-Semites throughout the Western world who were celebrating a wrong that had been perpetrated against a Jew, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, because he was a Jew.

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