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Tag Archives: drug war
How To Confront a Candidate
It is often bemoaned that candidates only talk about certain issues, only debate the same topics, and hardly ever disagree on anything of true substance. “My economic package is better than yours.” “I’m tougher on our enemies than the other … Continue reading
How Wells Fargo, and the 1% Use the Drug War
A new book, Amexica: War Along the Borderline, reveals details of how Wachovia bank (now owned by Wells Fargo) was caught red-handed laundering hundreds of billions of dollars from Mexico. This is a major pillar of the banking system. What … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Courts, prison economics
Tagged 1%, drug war, Money laundering, Wachovia, Wells Fargo
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Registration Now Open for FICPM National Conference- Nov. 2nd
The Formerly Incarcerated & Convicted People’s Movement (FICPM) will host its inaugural national conference on November 2nd, 2011 in Los Angeles, with the primary task of ratifying a national agenda that illustrates the Full Restoration of Civil and Human Rights … Continue reading
SCOTUS: Drug War Finally Kills the American Revolution
The U.S. Supreme Court has finally cast down the 4th Amendment and harkened back to the police powers of 1772. In last week’s Kentucky v King ruling, an 8-1 Court decided that it was okay to break in a door … Continue reading
Posted in Courts, Drug Policy
Tagged Alito, Cannabis, Circuit Court, Criminal justice, Dissent, Drug Policy Alliance, drug war, Exigent circumstance in United States law, Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, Ginsberg, Human Rights and Liberties, Kentucky Supreme Court, Kentucky v King, Prison-Industrial Complex, SCOTUS, Search warrant, United States, United States Constitution, United States Supreme Court
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65 Million “Need Not Apply” – Is it Time for Boycotts?
A report released yesterday by National Employment Law Project (NELP) confirms that many companies are instituting blanket bans on hiring people with criminal records, including those with misdemeanors. Creating what is an public safety issue and, if reforms are not … Continue reading
Posted in prison economics, Rehabilitation
Tagged ABM Industries, Ban the Box, Bank of America, Civil rights movement, Crime and Justice, criminal record, discrimination, drug war, EEOC, Employment, Formerly incarcerated, Hilda Solis, Human rights, Lincoln Chafee, litigation, Lowes, ManPower, National Employment Law Project, NELP, Peter Kilmartin, Prison-Industrial Complex, Rhode Island, Title VII, United States, United States Secretary of Labor
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Formerly Incarcerated & Convicted People’s Movement Arises!
Alabama represents the answer to a clarion call. This is a call that speaks to us in our own voice; clear, loud and urgent. A voice that speaks to our identity and emanates from the soul, ringing true both in … Continue reading
Posted in Actions, Commentary, Courts, Drug Policy, Innocence, Political Prisoners, Prison Conditions, prison economics, Rehabilitation, Voting Rights
Tagged Activism, Alabama, Alabame, All of Us or None, Ban the Box, Civil rights movement, Crime and Justice, Criminal justice, Direct Action for Rights and Equality, Drug Policy Alliance, drug war, Edmund Pettus Bridge, Formerly incarcerated, Human rights, Los Angeles, Martin Luther King Jr., Montgomery, Prison, Prison-Industrial Complex, Riverside Church, Selma Alabama, voting rights
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Underfunded Public Defenders are Only 1/3 of The Equation
As state budget discussions heat up around the nation, each department will be fighting to keep their slice of the pie while a few will be bold enough to tout their need for expansion. In a time of economic hardship … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Courts, Drug Policy, prison economics
Tagged actual innocence, Attorney general, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Commissioners Court, Crime and Justice, Criminal justice, death penalty, drug policy, drug war, governor quinn, harris v. champion, jailhouse lawyer, Law, new mexico, oklahoma, Public defender, Rhode Island, Speedy Trial, state of public defender programs, war on drugs
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Touchdowns and Lockdowns: Transcending Racial Politics in Prison Through Sports
(Ed. This article first appeared in AlterNet, and is being re-posted upon request, inspired by the NFL playoffs.) Jesse Owens and Joe Louis dared to disprove the Master Race theory. Jackie Robinson took the spikes at second base because he … Continue reading
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Criminal Justice Expert Poised for NOLA City Council Seat
When Dana Kaplan soared into position for a December run-off election, it became clear that something big is happening in the city of New Orleans- the most incarcerated city in the most incarcerated state in the most incarcerated nation in … Continue reading →