Keeping Chinese, Mexicans, African Americans in their “proper place”. These are the primary “reasons” behind drug prohibition–not the dangerous properties of the drugs themselves. Ethan Nadlemann, Executive Director of the Drug Policy Alliance on our racist relationship with the War on Drugs.
Acclaimed journalist, author and Schwartz fellow Anya Kamenetz on the historical trajectory of higher education in America, and how in the hell we’ve gotten to where we are today. Long, but definitely worth a watch.
Thanks to the recent US Federal Appeals Court’s decision to prevent the FCC from monitoring the actions of Internet providers, you can say sayonara to internet neutrality. Another Mark Fiore gem on the subject matter awaits you.
When confronted by the fact that the world’s richest 85 people have the combined wealth of the 3.5 billion poorest people, the word “great” is probably one of the last descriptors you might choose. That is, of course, unless you’re Canadian venture capitalist Kevin O’Leary.
A handful of decades ago, leaders banned opium out of fear that–get ready for this–consumption of it might lead to totally wacko interracial relationships. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
