Drugs
Behind the massacre in Mexico
August 27, 2010What's behind the horrific murder of 72 immigrants in Mexico, about 120 miles south of Brownsville, Texas?
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Policing by skin color
July 29, 2010Nearly 9 out of 10 people in New York City charged in marijuana arrests are Black or Latino, even though whites are the heaviest users of pot.
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House to vote on crack-cocaine sentencing laws
July 28, 2010The House of Representatives may take action this week to drastically reduce inequality in sentencing between crack and powder cocaine users.
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A cold, grim look at life in Ozarks
July 5, 2010Movie review: Debra Granik's "Winter's Bone" takes viewers to the dark, shady, shadowy and sinister world of meth labs in Ozarks.
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Ciudad Juárez: voyage to the end of globalization
April 7, 2010CIUDAD JUÁREZ, Mexico -- The dream of industrial globalization has turned into a nightmare.
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