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Anthony ciancia opened fire in terminal three before being shot and taken into custody. 39yearold jgerardo hernandez was killed. By now, these detail, the victim, the shooter, the place, theyve become a familiar litany in the wake of shootings that have captured National Attention for their current and public settings. As is the call that inevitably follows to make those spaces safer. Only this time the site of the shooting, the airport, was supposed to be our safest space. The dramatic retooling of Aviation Security over the last decade gave u. S. Travelers their most palpable experience of a...

Staggering 716 per 100,000 african-americans. so while it may be a sign of progress that attitudes are changing, there are those calling for allies in the decriminalization movement to grow more vocal about the racial disparity in arrest rates. among them is dr. carl hart, one of the contributors to the special issue of "the nation" and author of "high price: a neuroscientist's journey of self-discovery that challenges everything you know about drugs in society." still with us is laura flanders of grit tv. dr. hart, let me ask, why do you think it's important to put race at the center of this ...

According to a recent gallup poll, for the first time ever, a majority of americans now favor legalizing marijuana. 58% of americans say pot should be legal. that's up 10 percentage points since last november. now, this public surge in popularity comes after both washington state and colorado legalized the sale of marijuana for recreational use almost a year ago. yet this new found interest in decriminalizing weed has failed to address the continuing racial disparities in marijuana arrests. in a special issue, "dope and change," why it's always been tempting to legalize pot, they dive deep spa...