John Hudak

FILE PHOTO: An explosion caused by a police munition is seen while supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump riot in front of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S., January 6, 2021. REUTERS/Leah Millis/File Photo

Around the Halls: One year since the January 6 insurrection

John Hudak, William G. Gale, Darrell M. West, Vanda Felbab-Brown, Rashawn Ray, Molly E. Reynolds, Elaine Kamarck, William A. Galston, and Gabriel R. Sanchez

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

U.S. Capitol police attend a morning briefing outside the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., August 3, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

The numbers for drug reform in Congress don’t add up

Wednesday, December 22, 2021

FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks on infrastructure at the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority in Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., December 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo

Did legislative sausage-making hurt President Biden?

John Hudak, Elaine Kamarck, and Selene Swanson

Monday, December 13, 2021

New York City Police Officers (NYPD) transport Saadiq Teague, 18, from the Columbus Circle Transit Bureau Police Station, where he was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a weapon second degree, two counts of criminal possession of a weapon in third degree; one count for the assault rifle and one for ammunition, and no one count of criminal use of drug paraphernalia after being found with an unloaded semi-automatic gun, ammunition and a gas mask outside a Times Square subway station, in New York City, U.S., April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Caitlin Ochs

Biden should end America’s longest war: The War on Drugs

Friday, September 24, 2021

Chantel Springer poses with her son Jasiah in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., July 29, 2020. Picture taken July 29, 2020. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

The Senate’s new cannabis reform bill can do more for drug war-targeted communities

John Hudak and Sherese Bonner

Thursday, September 2, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Athletics - Diamond League - Gateshead - Gateshead International Stadium, Gateshead, Britain - May 23, 2021 Sha'Carri Richardson of the U.S. celebrates winning her women's 100m heat REUTERS/Lee Smith

Why the World Anti-doping Agency should revisit its cannabis ban

Rashawn Ray and John Hudak

Wednesday, August 4, 2021

The sun reflects off the White House before President Joe Biden's speech before the Joint Session of Congress in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Why has President Biden been slow to embrace cannabis reform?

Monday, May 24, 2021

Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., front, listens as President Joe Biden speaks to a joint session of Congress Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in the House Chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Pool/Sipa USA)No Use Germany.

Liz Cheney’s excommunication from the Church of Trump

Tuesday, May 11, 2021

A marijuana leaf is displayed at Canna Pi medical marijuana dispensary in Seattle, Washington, November 27, 2012. Washington State's Initiative 502, that was approved by voters in the November 6, 2012 general election, legalizes marijuana in Washington State effective December 6, 2012. Marijuana remains illegal at the Federal level. Picture taken November 27, 2012. REUTERS/Anthony Bolante (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY DRUGS POLITICS HEALTH AGRICULTURE BUSINESS)

State cannabis reform is putting social justice front and center

Sabina Morris, John Hudak, and Christine Stenglein

Friday, April 16, 2021

A detail view of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., on September 18, 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic. As Congress continues its deadlock and finger pointing over additional COVID-19 stimulus relief, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vowed to push a vote for a Supreme Court Nominee after the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg earlier in the day. (Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Earmarks are back, and Americans should be glad

Wednesday, March 17, 2021