John Hudak

A pharmacist shows a bottle of the drug Misoprostol, made by Lupin Pharmaceuticals, at a pharmacy in Provo, Utah, U.S., June 19, 2019. Picture taken June 19, 2019. REUTERS/George Frey

The War on Abortion Drugs will be just as racist and classist

Vanessa Williamson and John Hudak

Monday, May 9, 2022

U.S. President Donald Trump leaves at the end of the final 2020 U.S. presidential campaign debate in the Curb Event Center at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., October 22, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Donald Trump should be furious the RNC nixed presidential debates

Friday, April 15, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden addresses to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S., April 28, 2021. Melina Mara/Pool via REUTERS

Putin pushes Biden to walk a State of the Union tightrope

Friday, February 25, 2022

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