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Kicking a Bad Habit Originally Posted: 04/05/2012 - 9:57am | Type: Magazine Article: Robert Brenneman Many in Central America say it's time to consider decriminalizing drugs. IN LATE FEBRUA ...
We Won't Self-Examine, McDonald's Tells Nuns Originally Posted: 09/01/2011 - 2:23pm | Type: Blog: Two weeks ago, McDonald's shareholders voted down a shareholder resolution asking the corporation to study how its advertising to children contributes to widespread childhood obesity. ...
A Revelation on Community During Jury Duty Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog: Last winter, in the flurry of Christmas parties and potlucks, I was called in for jury duty. Last winter, in the flurry of Christmas parties and potlucks, I was called in for jury duty ...
Fighting For My Daughter's Life, and Against the Insurance Company Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog: <em>[<strong>Editors' note: </strong>In the <a href="http://www.sojo.net/index.cfm?action=magazine.contents&issue=soj1103" target="_blank">March issue of ...
Why We Need Criminal Justice Reform Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:35am | Type: Blog: The nearly 2.3 million people in U.S. The nearly 2.3 million people in U.S. prisons and jails accounts for 25 percent of the world's incarcerated, and, as Michelle Alexander point ...
Humanizing the Prison System Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: "I hate civilians," Warden Clooney barked into the microphone. "I hate civilians," Warden Clooney barked into the microphone. With these words, David Chura thrusts ...
The Fair Sentencing Act: A (Small) Step Towards Making Things Right Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: I want to tell you a story. It's a tale about drugs, prison, race, and justice (or the lack thereof).</p> I want to tell you a story. It's a tale about drugs, prison, ...
Obama Sends 1,200 Troops to the Border to Guard Against Republican Criticism Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: This past Tuesday, President Obama announced that he intends to send 1,200 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. This past Tuesday, President Obama announced that he intends ...
Drugs, Guns, and Immigration: An Unholy Trinity of Failed Policy Originally Posted: 07/14/2011 - 8:34am | Type: Blog: The <a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126890838">reports out of Juarez, Mexico,</a> are depressing, doubly so for me. The reports ou ...
Eating Animals: 10 Reasons to Avoid Factory Farmed Flesh Originally Posted: 08/31/2011 - 4:40pm | Type: Blog: <p><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Eating-Animals-Jonathan-Safran-Foer/dp/0316069906/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1273178033&sr=1-1&tag=sojo_blog-20"></a ...