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- Phone: (312) 222-6920
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Ann Arbor Didn't Go to Potnew
As local municipalities and states decriminalize and legalize marijuana, the city of Ann Arbor, Mich., should serve as a model of how things can go right.
Metro Times |
Larry Gabriel |
05-22-2013 |
Drugs
Life in Prison for Hempnew
José Peña brought some roadside weeds home from Kansas. Cops decided it was reefer, and a Texas court sentenced him to life in prison – without the evidence. It took a decade for Peña to get back some of the pieces of his life.
Austin Chronicle |
Jordan Smith |
03-21-2012 |
Drugs
Rewriting the Racial Justice Actnew
Supporters of a proposed North Carolina Senate call it a rewriting of the Racial Justice Act. Passed by the N.C. General Assembly in 2009, the Racial Justice Act sought to ensure that "no person shall be subject to or given a sentence of death or shall be executed pursuant to any judgment that was sought or obtained on the basis of race."
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
12-07-2011 |
Race & Class
Tags: racial bias, racial justice act
Berkeley is Taking Another Hit of Marijuananew
After a judge voided the 2004 election results of Measure R, the city's controversial medical pot initiative is back on the ballot as Measure JJ.
East Bay Express |
Ling Ma |
10-29-2008 |
Drugs
Massachusetts Lawmakers Push to Criminalize Salvianew
Is this a test-run for marijuana-law reform?
Boston Phoenix |
James Tierney |
04-24-2008 |
Drugs
More by Mick Dumke
Addicted to Gunsnew
Is there a cure for Chicago's crippling dependence on firearms?
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke |
05-14-2013 |
Features
Tags: Chicago Gun Violence
Anatomy of a Heroin Ringnew
Dana Bostic's gang-affiliated Chicago drug organization employed dozens of residents, served thousands of customers, established ties with Mexican drug cartels, and relied on violence to stay in business.
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke |
02-15-2013 |
Features
More by Ben Joravsky
The Politics of Potnew
Are politicians too paranoid to decriminalize marijuana?
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky |
12-05-2011 |
Drugs
The $78 Million Bagnew
That's what Cook County spent last year on weed (or to arrest and prosecute those possessing it).
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky |
10-07-2011 |
Drugs
More by Chicago Reader
Addicted to Gunsnew
Is there a cure for Chicago's crippling dependence on firearms?
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke |
05-14-2013 |
Features
Tags: Chicago Gun Violence
A Hangover Cure—at a Costnew
Two Chicago Reader staffers intentionally drink too much, purposefully get hungover, and determine whether Chicago's first hangover clinic is really all that.
Chicago Reader |
Gwynedd Stuart and Mara Shalhoup |
03-14-2013 |
Health
Anatomy of a Heroin Ringnew
Dana Bostic's gang-affiliated Chicago drug organization employed dozens of residents, served thousands of customers, established ties with Mexican drug cartels, and relied on violence to stay in business.
Chicago Reader |
Mick Dumke |
02-15-2013 |
Features
A Community Meets to Save Hyperlocal Digital Journalismnew
Mike Fourcher is a new-media trailblazer in Chicago still looking for a formula for success.
Chicago Reader |
Michael Miner |
02-04-2013 |
Media
Tags: Hyperlocal News, Mike Fourcher
When death row and dog cages are a step up in the worldnew
Prisoners who have left Tamms, the recently closed Illinois supermax, are experiencing unfamiliar luxuries in their new prison--such as seeing the person they're talking with.
Chicago Reader |
Steve Bogira |
01-31-2013 |
Crime & Justice
