Presidency of Richard Nixon

Increased incarceration rates in communities with high unemployment and poverty has some researchers questioning the drug policy in the United States. They’re suggesting the drug problem is actually an outgrowth of U.S. drug policy — which needs to be changed.

U.S oil prices are hitting levels not often seen in the winter time as instability with Iran, coupled with surging demand in developing nations drive up prices.

Forty-three years ago, US Army Sergeant Steve Flaherty wrote a letter home to his mother from the jungles of Vietnam. On Saturday, his letters arrived home.

A new report from The Sentencing Project reveals a changing demographic of prisoners who are incarcerated for drug charges. To guide us through what these numbers mean, The Takeaway is joined by David Fathi, director of Human Rights Watch in the U.S.

It’s the holiday season. And history buffs interested in the Vietnam War era just got a gift: newly-declassified tape recordings of President Nixon and Henry Kissinger. The World’s Matthew Bell listens in.