Stories by Dean Kuipers
Dean Kuipers is editor of LA CityBeat.
The world's funniest stoner talks about meditation, surviving prison, and his new book, 'The I Chong'
Posted on Aug 15, 2006
The director of the new film 'Sir, No Sir!' speaks up about GI resistance to war -- and why it's absolutely essential now.
Posted on Jul 14, 2006
Veteran Middle East reporter Hadani Ditmars talks about the demise of the Baghdad Philharmonic, why Iraqis love Beckett, and the death of the Iraqi love song.
Posted on Jul 12, 2006
Despite help from Hollywood's progressive celebrities, L.A.'s biggest community garden is raided and bulldozed away.
Posted on Jun 16, 2006
David Rees never wanted to be a political cartoonist, but then 9/11 revealed the ambivalent relationship to violence at the heart of American culture.
Posted on Feb 18, 2006
Longtime Los Angeles politico Jackie Goldberg discusses Schwarzenegger's suicide strategy for Election Day and the corporate takeover of California.
Posted on Nov 7, 2005
Facing life in a U.S. prison, the 'Prince of Pot' sparks an extradition war that could test the limits of the war on drugs -- and legalize pot in Canada at last.
Posted on Sep 26, 2005
A top doctor at a major drug testing company claims the newest prescription drugs can do better than medical marijuana.
Posted on Jan 12, 2005
Drug policy reform activist Rob Kampia explains why the election was a breakthrough for marijuana legalization.
Posted on Nov 16, 2004
On the political spectrum, Arianna Huffington occupies what a colleague calls "a fourth dimension in political time and space." She appeals to progressives, but will her restless intellect sell her short?
Posted on Sep 2, 2003
John Ashcroft's all-out war on pot is creating a crisis among state's rights advocates and a backlash that includes even conservative Republicans.
Posted on Jul 2, 2003
Zero tolerance laws punish ordinary people for ordinary mistakes with draconian consequences.
Posted on Jul 18, 2001
