Last night, the US executed two people convicted of murder – Marcus Wellons and John Winfield - within twenty minutes of each other, and a third – John Henry - is due to be killed tonight.
The War on Drugs is a tool of state oppression
Drug prohibition - the illegality of many psychoactive substances - is an accepted norm in the UK, although this hasn’t been the case for long. (Article republished from the Independent)
Dr. King’s dream lives on in NYC’s Community Safety Act
New legislation attempts to prevent discriminatory profiling by the NYPD – particularly relating to the stop-and-frisk programme.