Amnesty is really getting the word out with their travelling prison tour to show people just how horrible our illegal prison in Guantanamo is. They also have a 3-d online replica of a Guantanamo cell. They’re also organizing visits to congressional offices for the week of June 30-Jul 3. I’m on the list for that [Read more...]
Mayor Potter did the right thing when he let Portland’s exclusion zones lapse on September 30. I didn’t blog about it right then, but I did jet off a quick letter to the editor that got printed (I just got the Google alert). Since the Oregonian archive will soon conceal my letter from view (unless [Read more...]
FAMM has sent some encouraging news recently: that the Senate will be holding a hearing on crack cocaine sentencing issues later this month, and that there are several bills that could possibly address our wasteful policy of locking people up for being addicted to drugs (well, certain drugs). FAMM’s latest newsletter included a story of [Read more...]
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