Tag: White House

Mainstream Media Covers the 51-Foot Joint but Misses the Point

by  on  in Chloe Sommers, FEATURES, NDRN GREEN • 1 Comment

Pro-pot advocates converged in front of the White House this weekend calling for the complete descheduling of cannabis and with only two citations handed out by police the rally did exactly what the group was hoping for – grabbed national media attention. TIME, The Washington Post, NBC News, CNN and the Associated Press all wrote stories about the larger-than-life fake… Read more →

Welcome to the Slippery Slope: Religious Leaders Now Asking For More Exemptions

by  on  in FEATURES, Shimbo • 0 Comments

One of my favorite scenes in The Godfather was when a now retired Vito Corleone warns his son Michael that after he was gone, the head of the rival family would make an attempt on his life under the pretense of organizing a meeting in order to make peace. Sometimes, truth is a little stranger than fiction. In the wake of… Read more →