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Music

The Long, Strange Trip of a Federal Prisoner Who Loves the Grateful Dead and Acid

07.02.15

By Seth Ferranti
There’s Some Hope Behind a Horrifying New Report on Indigenous Incarceration

06.16.15

By Girard Dorney
Canada’s Supreme Court Shoots Down Harper’s Minimum Sentences for Firearm Offences

04.14.15

By Nick Rose
News

Obama May Keep Pardoning Drug Offenders for the Rest of His Term

04.01.15

By Colleen Curry
Is Obama Finally About to Use His Pardon Powers to Correct the War on Drug’s Injustices?

04.21.14

By Lucy Steigerwald
Drugs

The US Government Is Slowly Moving Toward Putting Fewer Drug Dealers in Prison

04.11.14

By Matt Taylor
Eric Holder Speaks Out Against Mandatory Minimums, Gives Us a Sliver of Hope

08.13.13

By Lucy Steigerwald

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Tech

The Human Line Project Is Basically AA for People Addicted to AI

One of the more promsing solutions to AI delusions is a support group of those who’ve been through it themselves.

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By Matt Jancer