AltWeeklies Wire
Blunt Assessment: The Need for Legal Weednew
A look into the policies and practices behind marijuana prohibition reveals a gully scheme in which weed culture is supported by the very agencies charged with eliminating it. The result? The increasing criminalization of just one demographic: inner-city blacks.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Nina Hoffmann |
03-02-2011 |
Race & Class
A Black-and-White Issuenew
A new report identifies dramatic racial inequalities in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
12-17-2007 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
Jena Shows Race Relations Still Have a Long Way to Gonew
The six Louisiana high school students, like their young ancestors the Scottsboro boys and the Little Rock Nine, have become a modern-day symbol of Jim Crow justice -- and the implications of their case, which struggled for attention, are a testament for us all.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
09-24-2007 |
Race & Class
What's Up, Hip-Hop Doc?new
Michael Eric Dyson has achieved pop-star status since his public thrashing of Bill Cosby, but recent fame has made the professor a controversial figure in his own right.
Philadelphia Weekly |
Kia Gregory |
01-30-2006 |
Race & Class
Tags: race relations
