Why Harsh Immigration Crack Downs Will Never Work
By Joshua Holland, AlterNet
Tough-minded immigration policies keep backfiring, and the debate over them obscures the question of what really works and what doesn't. Read more »

How Pot Became Demonized: The Fine Line Between Good Medicine and 'Dangerous Drugs'
By Wendy Chapkis, Richard J. Webb, NYU Press
A history of the battle between politics and science over the use of marijuana as a medicine. Read more »

Why the Police Wouldn't Tase Me When I Asked Them to
By Danielle Egan, The Tyee
Police explain to a journalist who wants to know what being tasered feels like, "we really don't fully understand and know the risks." Read more »

Proof of Citizenship? Missouri Vies for the Worst Voting Law in the Country
By Art Levine, Huffington Post
Missouri lawmakers are rushing to pass a law that would, among other things, deny some nuns the right to vote. Read more »

Misogyny Rampant in the Armed Forces: One in 3 Military Women Experience Sexual Abuse
By Nancy Van Ness, The Wip
Speaking out against the war, female veterans describe regular abuse at the hands of their peers -- and the military's failure to address it. Read more »

Will Bush Crony Scott Bloch's Gay-Hating Finally Catch Up with Him?
By Bill Berkowitz, Talk To Action
The FBI is now investigating the man who declared war on equal protection for gays in federal workplaces. Read more »

Battle Against al Qaeda in Iraq Has Turned Mosul into a Ghost Town
By Patrick Cockburn, Independent UK
Five years after the fall of Saddam Hussein, Mosul, one of the world's great cities, has become a desolate battleground. Read more »

Think You Can Tell Bush from McCain?
By Brave New Films, Brave New Films
Take the Bush-McCain Challenge! Read more »

Religious Right Celebrates End of Interracial Marriage Ban
By Evan Derkacz, Huffington Post
In a move of political jujitsu, conservatives try to claim the legacy of Mildred Loving in an effort to bash gay marriage. Read more »