Articles by Julian Brookes
Pot Legalization Is Coming
At least some able-bodied Americans may soon be able to score a bag of weed legally without having to fake a knee injury. In November, voters in three states could approve ballot measures to legalize marijuana, and not just for medical purposes – for getting-high purposes. Then again, they might chicken out, like California voters did in 2010. But sooner or later, and probably sooner, a state will go green. About half of America will be fine with that.
Nine Signs That Pot Legalization Is Coming Soon
When even a federal judge appointed by Ronald Reagan calls the criminalization of marijuana "absurd," you know we've come a long way from "Just Say No." As many as three states could vote to legalize pot this November, and not just for medical purposes – for straight-up getting high purposes. There’s always the chance they'll chicken out, like California voters did in 2010. But sooner or later, and probably sooner, a state will go green.
The state of the issues you care about in America
Over the past week, msnbc.com has published “The State of America,” a series culminating in President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union Address on Tuesday, Jan. 20. This is the state of the issues you care about, as told by organizations promoting social change and other policy experts.
The state of human rights in America
This column is part of “The State of America,” an msnbc.com series leading up to President Barack Obama’s 2015 State of the Union Address on Tuesday, Jan. 20. This is the state of the issues you care about, as told by organizations promoting social change and other policy experts. The United States of America was founded on the radical idea that all human beings are created equal and have, by virtue of their shared humanity, certain inalienable rights.
War on Voting: New Hampshire Goes Over to the Dark Side, Michigan Next
State legislatures may be taking off for the summer, but the GOP's war on voting goes on. This afternoon, the New Hampshire Legislature successfully overrode Gov. John Lynch's veto of a voter ID law requiring voters to present driver’s licenses, state-issued non-driver’s identification cards, passports or military IDs before casting a ballot, though it doesn't come fully into force until after the November election. In Michigan, Republican Gov.
One More Reason to End the War on Drugs: It's Spreading HIV/AIDS
The war on drugs isn't just a huge, bloody, and counterproductive waste of money and lives.
Tom Hayden on Port Huron at 50
In March 1962, a 22-year-old student journalist and activist named Tom Hayden sat down in his Manhattan apartment to begin work on an "agenda for a generation," a manifesto that would distil the fears and hopes and values of the student movement then rising on American campuses.
Sucking Up to Voters: A Guide for Candidates
The 2012 presidential election promises to be one of the closest ever – one of those rare cases where every vote really does count. That's why Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are doing all they can pump up their go-to supporters while at the same time trying to peel off some of the other guy's folks.
Top 10 Marijuana Myths and Facts
Top 10 Marijuana Myths and Facts Sort out the reality from the rumors about smoking pot
'Kill Team' Leader Gibbs Found Guilty of Murder
A U.S. military court has convicted Sgt. Calvin Gibbs, leader of the notorious “kill team” of American soldiers from the 5th Stryker Brigade who killed civilians for sport in Afghanistan, of three counts of premeditated murder. Gibbs, 26, admitted to mutilating his “kills” and keeping fingers from corpses as war trophies. He faces life in prison.
Why Water is the New Oil
We take water for granted. And why not? We turn a tap and out it comes. But that’s going to have to change, says author Alex Prud’homme. As he explains in a new book, The Ripple Effect, the basic problem is this: the quantity of water in the world is finite, but demand is everywhere on the rise. As oil was in the 20th century – the key resource, a focus of tension, even conflict – so water will be of the 21st, as states, countries, and industries compete over the ever-more-precious resource.
Yearly Kos: “When you are a clean-money candidate you can basically give the finger to lobbyists. Which is a beautiful thing.”
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters. Greetings from the Yearly Kos convention in Las Vegas, where the netroots mingle with…overweight white people incapable of learning from repeated failures and helplessly chucking their money away on doomed long-shot bets.
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