MacArthur Genius, Kyle Abraham Brings “Pavement” to the CAC

Published December 6, 2013

MacArthur Genius, Kyle Abraham Brings “Pavement” to the CAC

Filed under: history of crack cocaine

Reimagined as a dance work and now set in Pittsburgh's historically black neighborhoods, Homewood and the Hill District, “'Pavement' aims to create a strong emotional chronology of a culture conflicted with a history plagued by discrimination, genocide … Read more on OffBeat Magazine

Report: Threat Of Mandatory Minimums Used To Coerce Guilty Pleas

Filed under: history of crack cocaine

Even though many of those inmates worked on the ground floor of drug operations, they still serve long prison sentences because of five- and 10-year mandatory terms that Congress breathed into life during the heart of the crack cocaine scare in the … Read more on WFPL

No mercy from Obama this Thanksgiving

Filed under: history of crack cocaine

He didn't testify against the higher-ups, who sold or bought 9 kilograms of cocaine and planned to traffic another 15 kilograms. They cooperated with authorities. Also, the buyer planned to convert the powder cocaine into crack (which carries a harsher … Read more on Manteca Bulletin