Why are crack users given such long, punishing sentences? It’s because of political gamesmanship around crime in the ’80s. In the new Audible series 100:1 The Crack Legacy, journalist Christopher Johnson looks at how inner-city drug panics led to today’s mass-incarceration crisis.
On the Spiel, a thought about America’s warship debacle.
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From Slate Magazine, Stephen Yenser reads his poem "Variations (for Three Old Saws)."
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