Alfred McCoy rounds up 50 years of racist U.S. policymaking on drug abuse, first by Republicans Nixon and Reagan and then by Democrat Bill Clinton.
The Drugging of American Politics
Category: Racism
UN Report Calls for Reparations for Victims of Systemic Racist Police Violence
The UN high commissioner for human rights grounded her analysis in the long-overdue need to confront the legacies of enslavement, Marjorie Cohn reports.
What is Left for Palestine?
An entire nation cannot turn the other cheek to a power that is seriously intent on genocide, writes Craig Murray.
The Moral Cowardice of UK’s Opposition Leader on Palestine
Jonathan Cook condemns Keir Starmer’s failure to make it clear that Israel is committing war crimes for which there should be harsh consequences.
WATCH: CN Live! — ‘The Future of Racism’
Racism is a construct, a fraud, invented to justify and perpetuate slavery and colonialism, which has now taken on a life of its own. What is its future?
Commission Finds Anti-Black Police Violence Constitutes Crimes Against Humanity
Marjorie Cohn, who helped draft the report, says it asks the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to investigate responsible police officials.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: Memo to Biden — What About the Other Whistleblowers?
Darnella Frazier deserves national commendation. The same goes for Joshua Schulte, Daniel Hale and Darin Jones, all of whom are in dire straits right now.
The Pattern of Over-Policing Drivers
On the heels of the police killing of Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, Samantha Schuyler reports on an ACLU study showing law enforcers’ incentives to punish as many people as possible.
Calling Chauvin a ‘Bad Apple’ Denies Systemic Nature of Racist Police Violence
Regardless of the trial outcome, Marjorie Cohn says the entire system must be indicted as racist and violent.
Chris Hedges: The Evil Within Us
Those who blind themselves to their capacity for evil commit evil not for evil’s sake, but to make a better world. This collective self-delusion is the story of America.