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Stories by Ryan Grim

Ryan Grim is an editorial intern at Washington City Paper.

The Insurance Industry's Heartless Logic: Getting Beaten by Your Husband Is an Excuse to Deny Coverage

In eight states and the District of Columbia, being the victim of domestic violence is considered a pre-existing condition by insurance companies.
Posted on Sep 15, 2009, Source: Huffington Post

Priceless: How the Federal Reserve Bought the Economics Profession

The Federal Reserve so thoroughly dominates the field of economics that real criticism of the central bank has become a career liability for economists.
Posted on Sep 14, 2009, Source: Huffington Post

Van Jones Steps Down as Green Czar to Avoid Distraction of Right-Wing Drumbeat

Jones said right-wingers' vicious smears against him represent a strategy of "distract and divide" on the eve of the fight for health reform and clean energy.
Posted on Sep 6, 2009, Source: Huffington Post

Did Anti-Drug Propaganda Help Bring About a Psychedelic Renaissance?

As the anti-drug program spread into 3/4 of all school districts by the '90s, America's youth enjoyed a psychedelic renaissance.
Posted on Jul 20, 2009, Source: Wiley Press

This Is Your Country on Drugs: How the DARE Generation Got High

Exclusive from new book shares the '80s generation's encounter with illicit drugs, and how they really caught on.
Posted on Jul 6, 2009, Source: Wiley Press

Rhode Island Will License Medical Marijuana Shops

Once the law takes effect, the state will be the first in the nation to have one officially licensed nonprofit center selling marijuana.
Posted on Jun 22, 2009, Source: Huffington Post

Supreme Court Hands Medical Marijuana Major Victory

The Supreme Court removes one of the last barriers to full implementation of medical marijuana laws.
Posted on May 18, 2009, Source: Huffington Post

Obama Bans Funding for Needle Exchange

Obama's budget goes back on a position he had taken during the campaign.
Posted on May 9, 2009, Source: Huffington Post

Liberalism's Brain on Drugs

If we live in a fundamentally free society, how does confining a drug offender to 17 years in prison jibe with America's values of equality and liberty?
Posted on Dec 6, 2005, Source: In These Times

Congressional Malpractice

The judge who sentenced Jonathan Magbie to jail isn't the only party complicit in his death: the U.S. Congress also played a part in this tragedy.
Posted on Nov 9, 2005, Source: Washington City Paper