The drug war offered up a new evil to combat and ... We should recognize the good intentions of George H.W. Bush — all too rare in today’s political climate — but we should also learn ...

Last week, former President George H. W. Bush was laid to rest ... pointed out the harm President Bush caused by expanding America’s “War on Drugs.” The U.S. prison population almost tripled ...

John H. Sununu, the former Republican governor of New Hampshire who is perhaps best known for serving as President George H.W. Bush's chief ... involved with the war on drugs.

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Early in George H.W ... year. Bush’s most lasting legacy in race relations may stem from his nomination of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and his role in escalating the war on drugs.

And it was 1989 when George H.W. Bush announced a major policy shift around the war on drugs. You may remember he gave a famous speech in 1989 where he held up a little baggie of crack that agents ...

Hagiographies neglect to mention that Bush's presidency included a racist drug war, the Willie Horton ad ... who came after him — his son George W. and the current orange-faced incumbent ...

Hagiographies of the late president neglect his role in a secret war in Nicaragua and illegal ... 1970s and as Ronald Reagan’s vice president, Bush helped forge a world of strongmen, wars ...

AMY GOODMAN: Let’s talk about that drug war and what George H.W. Bush did, especially around the issue of crack. This was—I mean, this is pure cynicism, Amy, to use this prop in this fake ...