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David Simon, creator of The Wire, says new US drug laws help only 'white, middle-class kids'

The award-winning creator of The Wire, David Simon, has emerged as a critic of the 'racial bias' in the US debate on the war on drugs

David Simon surged into the American mainstream with a bleak vision of the devastation wrought by drugs on his home town of Baltimore lt;em

President Barack Obama's speech at National Defense University full text

Remarks of President Barack Obama, as prepared for delivery and entitled: The Future of our Fight against Terrorism

It's an honor to return to the National Defense University.

NYPD stop-and-frisk trial ends as activists call for sweeping changes

Judge did not provide timeframe for when ruling will be given but said landmark federal trial is 'timely and pressing matter'

Civil rights attorneys called for sweeping changes to the New York City police department's controversial street-stop practices in the closing arguments of a landmar

Supreme court will not order new Mississippi elections in NAACP case

NAACP challenged 2011 state elections over legislature's failure to draw new district lines according to 2010 census

The US supreme court will not order new legislative elections in Mississippi over complaints about the timing of the state's redistricting, under one of several decisions tha

Creationism and revisionist history threaten to invade our classrooms Zack Kopplin

We have to stop state legislators from sneaking creationist and revisionist textbooks into public schools

Louisiana's legislators are continuing their legislative jihad to keep the theory of evolution out of the state's public school science classrooms.

Obama: partisan battles in Washington holding back US economy

President says US must get beyond 'short-term tactical thinking' and gives highly personal commencement address in Atlanta

President Barack Obama complained on Sunday that partisan battles in Washington are holding back stronger US economic growth as he tried to recover from one of the most

Indie Trailer Sunday: Badass Punk Rock Doc 'A Band Called Death'

"We are fighting to maintain our identity!" While the Cannes Film Festival rages on, today's trailer is for an indie rock doc called A Band Called Death, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival this year and was picked up by Drafthouse Films in February.

Virginia GOP Nominee Believes Gays Are "Very Sick" And Democrats Are Worse Than The KKK

The Virginia Republican Party this weekend nominated for lieutenant governor a minister who has a history of virulent anti-gay statements, accuses the Democratic Party of enslaving African Americans, and criticized President Obama for having “Muslim sensibilities.

The Preakness 2013: History-Making Accomplishments to Watch For at Pimlico

While every racing fan will have history on their minds on Saturday as they watch Orb attempt to capture the second leg of the Triple Crown, there are plenty of other horses and people involved in the Preakness Stakes who can potentially make history themselves.

Michelle Obama Encourages African-American Students To Stop Aspiring To Be "A Baller Or A Rapper"

Because this is apparently a week that involves a lot of me lowering my head slowly and deliberately to my desk a la Peggy Olson, First Lady Michelle Obama decided to trot out some very old talking points in her commencement address to the 2013 graduating class at Bowie State University: “Toda