Will Scott, president of the African American Farmers of California, poses for a photo by the sorghum plants at the group's demonstration farm in Fresno, Calif. on Thursday, September 15, 2011. (AP/GosiaWozniacka)

How Vast Amounts Of Land Have Been Stolen From Black Americans

An estimated 80 percent of Black-owned farmland in the south had disappeared since 1969.

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The Failed Drug War And The Racially-Biased Criminal Injustice System

A closer and deeper look is the historical, legal and social connections shows the continuance of such policies is a true travesty of justice.

The Failed Drug War And The Racially-Biased Criminal Injustice System

Much has been said about the prison-industrial complex and the failed “war on drugs.” What merits a closer and deeper look is the historical, legal and social connections that makes the continuance of such policies a true travesty of justice.

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Over the last 40

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While Americans might assume by default that police states only exist in strange, faraway countries, there’s plenty in our broken system that rivals the Gulag.

When Americans think of police states they often envision an authoritarian country like North Korea, the old Soviet Union or Nazi Germany. The very phrase conjures up images of men in dark uniforms breaking down doors in the middle of the night so as to catch unawares enemies of the ruling regime. It evokes the idea of a vast,

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Jeffrey Cavanaugh

Jeffrey Cavanaugh is a Mint Press political analyst and columnist specializing in international relations and US policy. He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations, specializing in International Security and Conflict. He has worked as a political science and public administration lecturer at Mississippi State University. Cavanaugh also writes about farm politics and policy, where his work has appeared in agriculture news publications in Illinois.

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