Michelle Alexander: "Zimmerman Mindset" Endangers Young Black Lives With …

Published August 7, 2013

Michelle Alexander: "Zimmerman Mindset" Endangers Young Black Lives with …

Filed under: crack cocaine disparity

… as part of the war on drugs and the "get tough" movement, sentences that have helped to fuel our nation's prison boom and have also greatly aggravated racial disparities, particularly in the application of mandatory minimum sentences for crack cocaine. Read more on Democracy Now

(C) The Film, “Crack The Disparity” Movie Part # 3 – The film, “Crack the Disparity: It’s Not Fair. It’s Not Working.,” was produced by the Crack the Disparity Coalition and directed by Howard University film p…

Smurfing Bad: An OC Judge Shows Mercy On Mini Meth-Makers

Filed under: crack cocaine disparity

As with a similar controversy regarding the disparity in how the law treats crack vs. powder cocaine, legal experts say methamphetamine laws discriminate against the most defenseless—and least culpable—offenders. Katherine Corrigan, president of the … Read more on OC Weekly