WASHINGTON, DC — By now you’ve likely heard it’s a new day in America for marijuana legalization. You’ve heard wrong — at least when it comes to Congress and the federal government. Even after conservative and liberal states alike affirmed ballot initiatives during the election legalizing marijuana just a couple weeks ago, Republican senators are […]Read More
DENVER, Col. — John Hickenlooper is an unlikely fit for the United States Senate. But then he was an unlikely two-term Denver mayor before he became an unlikely governor of Colorado twice, which is why it was no surprise to many locals when he was barely noticed as a Democratic presidential candidate last year. But […]Read More
MONROE CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX, Washington state — Brooks Laughlin lives in a six-by-nine-foot steel and concrete cage located within the confines of the Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC) in Washington state. He enjoys weightlifting, playing his guitar, and planning how to best join the fight for criminal justice reform once he’s finished serving his 96-month prison sentence. […]Read More
Among the few pieces of worthwhile campaign glam to come out of this year’s tortuous election is a poster from a Bernie Sanders rally in New Hampshire. It features a silhouette of Sanders against a starry background with his name spelled out in the iconic font used by The Strokes; a band and font so […]Read More
ST. PAUL, Minnesota. – Minnesota’s second congressional district race was thrown into turmoil when third party candidate, Adam Weeks of the Legal Marijuana Now Party (LMNP), unexpectedly died in September at just 38. His death upended the election, overturned state law and is raising new concerns among election experts over what to do when a […]Read More
WASHINGTON – If you were walking to the White House from the northwest side of the city on Saturday at noon, you might have passed the crowd of pretty people that are always at the sidewalk cafes like Le Diplomate — the center city’s swanky restaurant. You would have noticed glasses of champagne on the […]Read More
By Alex Myers TULSA, Oklahoma – Sonya Pyles, 45, sat in front of her computer as she started to read from a piece of paper, “Dear Governor Keating, I am not, as you have publicly stated, a career criminal…” Ahead of the election, Pyles was offended by the words of former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating. […]Read More
The nation’s political class should have learned an important lesson last evening: voters like marijuana and other substances more than they like politicians, of any stripe. Even as we’re all on eggshells awaiting the outcome of the presidential election, there’s no question voters in deep red and bright blue states alike agree that they’re over […]Read More
WASHINGTON – If at 2am you caught President Donald Trump accusing Democrats of “fraud,” as he falsely claimed victory, you likely thought he was on psilocybin (which his press office has neither denied nor confirmed by press time). But there may be something in DC’s air, because just about a mile south of the White […]Read More
During the first presidential debate of 2020, President Donald Trump refused to denounce the Proud Boys, an alt-right white supremacy group he told to “stand back and stand by.” Just the next day, one of the group’s members was arrested during demonstrations in downtown Portland, Oregon. Alan Swinney, a self-described member of the Proud Boys, […]Read More
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