Flagship Oakland Dispensary Marks 10 Years
Oakland’s KTVU on Oct. 5 noted a milestone for the East Bay city: exactly 10 years of operation for Harborside…
October 6, 2016
New Drug Angle in Eric Garner Case
The case of Eric Garner—the Staten Island man killed in a police chokehold in July 2014 as he gasped…
October 5, 2016
Narco-Fascism in the Philippines
The Philippines’ new ultra-hardline president, Rodrigo Duterte, took things to a new level last week. He had previously compared himself to genocidal…
October 3, 2016
New Development in Charlotte Police Shooting: Pot
The police slaying of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, North Carolina, Sept. 20 set off days of angry…
September 26, 2016
There’s an Enormous Prison Strike Going On—But You Haven’t Heard About It
Amid a shameful paucity of media coverage, inmates at facilities in several states have organized work stoppages since…
September 23, 2016
Philippines: More Duterte Death-Squad Links Revealed
President Rodrigo Duterte‘s ultra-hardline anti-drug policies took center-stage in the Philippines last week as the country’s Senate held televised hearings on…
September 22, 2016
Oakland Keeps Pushing on Creative Cannabis Regulation
With polls showing big support for California’s legalization initiative this November, an Oakland city councilmember is seeking not only…
September 22, 2016
Is Bolivia Moving Back to the Bad Old Days?
President Barack Obama once again singled out Washington’s biggest political adversaries in Latin America for censure in this year’s White House report…
September 20, 2016
Is Colombia Heading Back to the Bad Old Days?
Despite the promise of June’s peace accord with the FARC guerrillas, Colombia can’t seem to escape endemic narco-violence.…
September 16, 2016
Mexico: Top Investigator in Case of Missing Students Resigns
Tomás Zerón de Lucio, the head of Mexico’s Criminal Investigations Agency, turned in his resignation to the prosecutor general’s…
September 15, 2016