Great piece by Tim Dickinson on “Why America Can’t Quit the Drug War” https://t.co/ldzqM4dRvD
— Arianna Huffington (@ariannahuff) May 9, 2016
Day: May 9, 2016
“This Should Finish Him: Donald Trump Was a Pig for Hours on The Howard Stern Show”
“DOJ files lawsuit against North Carolina over bathroom law”
“Why China’s Not Afraid of Donald J. Trump”
“Trump: U.S. will never default ‘because you print the money’
“Voter Suppression Is the Only Way Donald Trump Can Win”
THE NATION
Given his terrible numbers among non-white and young voters, Trump may try to massively suppress Democratic votes.“John Coltrane – Time After Time”
“Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore Gets Justice and a Suspension”
“This Town Ran An Illegal Debtor’s Prison For Years. Now It Has To Pay Back The People It Jailed.”
THINK PROGRESSIVE
Colorado Springs will pay back destitute people it illegally jailed because they couldn’t pay court fines, the city announced Thursday.
The city will also discontinue its debtor’s prison policy, which violated both the U.S. Constitution and a 2014 state law in Colorado. The system usually targeted non-jailable offenses like jaywalking, violating park curfews, or drinking in public. MORE
“They’re still not telling the real story: Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders, and the analysis you won’t hear on cable news”
SALON
