In an in-depth exploration of emerging cannabis policy, substantial evidence uncovers a troubling strategy framed as a fight against illicit cannabis, predominantly driven by entities primarily funded by major tobacco and alcohol companies. The Coalition for Cannabis Policy, Education, and Regulation (CPEAR) is found to be at the forefront of pushing a highly controversial enforcement mechanism – marijuana tax stamps. CPEAR’s agenda, purportedly intended to suppress unregulated cannabis transactions,...
Discrimination
Not Even Our Elders Are Safe: The Disheartening Tale of Sybil Garbow’s Minnesota Jail Sentence
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In the land of 10,000 lakes, there’s a darker undercurrent to the pristine façade of Minnesota. Recent events surrounding Sybil Garbow’s conviction have brought to light the glaring racial disparities in the justice system of this state, tying it to the tragic murders of George Floyd and others in Minnesota’s recent history. The irony is palpable when a 72-year-old Black nurse with an impeccable record, is sentenced to jail...
O’Shae Sibley was stabbed to death for voguing at a gas station. Someone killed him for dancing because they hated witnessing his joy and comfort with who he was as a human being- a gay Black man. Someone violently took his life because he was LIVING. And that’s heartbreaking. And it’s infuriating because – gas stations & corner stores are already dangerous places for Black people- Black boys and...
Arthur Grand Technologies, a tech company based in Ashburn, Virginia, is under fire after sharing a job posting seeking to employ only born US citizens who are white and local within 60 miles from Dallas, TX. The posting was shared on several job websites, and the company has received significant backlash for its discriminatory language.
The use of discriminatory language in job postings is not new in the United States....
The Timing of Cancelling Kanye West says more about Those Companies than it says about Kanye
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Imma try to say this as clearly as possible- what Kanye said recently that got him excommunicated warrants the reactions & outcome he’s receiving- but his actions before that also warranted this reaction. We PEEPING what makes pearls get clutched & keeping receipts. It’s telling that even when the right thing is done (parting ways with Kanye) it is not because it first came at the expense of Black...
