Sixteen years ago, Illinois passed tough-on-drugs legislation aimed at curbing youth drug abuse and dealing. But a new study finds that the law is being applied almost exclusively to young people of color.
From army spinmeisters working at CNN to sweatshop-like conditions in Silicon Valley, this year's Top Ten Censored Stories highlight some huge stories that the mainstream media missed.
Is the drug war really about protecting children? The evidence suggests that far from keeping kids safe, drug prohibition actually gives them more access to drugs, and that the drug war makes their world more dangerous than narcotics themselves ever could.
