Drug war violence in Mexico is truly horrific. But does it qualify as terrorism?
We lead this week's report with collection of voices calling for an end to the War on Drugs as a means of mitigating the violence that has engulfed places like Chicago and Mexico.
We lead this week the US House of Representatives passing two significant pieces of legislation meant to begin reforming the thoroughly broken US criminal justice system.
Convicted felons continue to be barred from voting in the US, with severe consequences for their rehabilitation and the democratic process. An effective campaign for their re-enfranchisement is vital, argues Rebecca Gould.
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.
We lead this week's report with the Economist's cover story on the US prison system, a scathing indictment of the so-called Land of the Free. Never in the civilised world have so many been locked up for so little.
An excerpt from Douglas Valentine's "The Strength of the Pack: The Personalities, Politics, and Espionage Intrigues That Shaped The DEA," with an exclusive introduction by the author.
A weekly summary of what's going on in drug policy and criminal justice reform in the US & UK.
A weekly summary of what's going on in drug policy and criminal justice reform in the US & UK.
