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In The World—June 19, 2016

By Melissa Wuske Racism and the War on Drugs Since the Nixon administration began the War on Drugs in 1971, America’s prison population has risen from 300,000 to 2.3 million. Drug offenses make up half of those convictions, and two-thirds of the population of prisons are people of color. White Americans are just as likely […]