For 40 years, we have been waging a “war on drugs.” Families are being kicked out of housing when many have done nothing wrong. Drug addiction is bad. But the war on drugs is worse. Frances Johnson, a 68-year-old grandmother in Washington, D.C faced eviction simply because her grandson was arrested for possessing a small amount of marijuana.
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Too Poor to Parent?
Black children are twice as likely to enter U.S. foster care than white children. The culprit: our inattention to poverty.
The U.N. Investigates American Racism
The United Nations is sending a special observer to investigate the role that racism plays in the ordinary life of the United States.