Source: Gado / Getty Free speech in America has never fully belonged to Black Americans. The tools used to silence us have changed in how they appear over time, but the logic underneath them hasn’t. In 1740, the South Carolina Negro Act codified white supremacy and made it a crime to teach an enslaved Black […]
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420 Laws: US Cannabis Legalization Through The Decades
Source: Katja Forster / Getty Happy 4/20, folks! It’s the most wonderful time of the year, when dispensaries have insane deals, the smell of that good kush fills the air, and we even get the Raw after WrestleMania. Before we celebrate, though, why don’t we take a look back at the long, fraught road toward […]
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