Wendy Lecker: Parallels Between Drug and Education Policy

Published October 21, 2012

Wendy Lecker: Parallels between drug and education policy

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Addiction Documentary

That is one of the messages of Eugene Jarecki's new film, "The House I Live In." While this documentary examines America's "war on drugs," it provides profound lessons about our education policy. Over the past 40 years, America … "We are … Read more on Stamford Advocate

'The House I Live In' review: drug war's toll

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Addiction Documentary

A century later, crack cocaine – used mainly in urban, African American neighborhoods – was criminalized 100 times more severely than regular cocaine, the choice of affluent whites. Jarecki has an impressive array of experts – judges, prosecutors … Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

All bets are on as MPs duck ruling on betting machines

Filed under: Crack Cocaine Addiction Documentary

Then a potentially damning TV documentary claiming to show the 'darker side' of the industry scheduled for tomorrow evening was postponed at the last minute by the BBC for a programme on Jimmy Savile. And finally it … Surprisingly, the select … Read more on This is Money