On AlterNet: michelle alexander

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A Colossal Failure: Sundance Award-Winning Film Sheds New Light on Destructive Drug War

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. January 31, 2012.

Amy Goodman interviews the Director of "The House I Live In" to explore the horrific failures of drug war, as well as the argument for a public health approach.

More Black Men Now in Prison System Than Were Enslaved

Dick Price, LA Progressive. March 31, 2011.

Law Professor Michelle Alexander says the shocking incarceration rate is due to the War on Drugs, a war waged almost exclusively in poor communities of color.

Prison Racism and the Myth of a Colorblind Justice System

Tolu Olorunda, Michelle Alexander, CounterPunch. June 9, 2010.

A conversation with author Michelle Alexander on media manipulations and the mass injustice incarcerated minorities face across the United States.

Study Settles It: Shocking Black & Latino Imprisonment Rates the Result of Racist, Punitive Impulse

Liliana Segura, AlterNet. April 21, 2010.

How racist attitudes barely hide beneath the surface of 'tough on crime' policies.