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The Nonviolent Inmates Overfilling Our Prisons

Add to this the fact that many cops are effectively incentivized to make as many arrests as possible a month–and it’s a lot easier to handcuff a man for nonviolent drug crimes than it is to crack down on violent, life-ending ones–and you’ve got one bitter and bottomless cocktail that disproportionately impacts minorities and the poor. Drug abuse is a symptom of a larger set of problems–namely poverty and systemic segregation–not the cause.

If you want to learn about the failed (or pending how much money and DC-influence you desire, “successful”) drug war, be sure to watch Eugene Jarecki’s “The House I Live In”. Check out the trailer below:

Dwight Eisenhower, The Last Republican

Jeb Bush has said it; even Ronald Reagan would have a hard time getting elected in today’s GOP. Ike, one of the party’s most successful members, would likely suffer a political stoning.

12 Of The Best Cartoons On Intervening In Syria

In case you’ve missed it, war hawks are aching to fly again–this time to Damascus (final stop: Tehran). While British parliament has said no to intervening, a majority of American people have said “pass”, and the UN Security Council will likely put a kibosh on the question of intervention, it would appear that the Obama administration is on the cusp of saying yes. The implications of that decision are as vast as they are severe, so when words fail…at least we have images.

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