Debra McCorkle's Columns

Prisons, Corporate Profits and the Drug War

"Decriminalization and a curtailing of jail time for nonviolent offenders would take the profits out of prisons. Jailing pot smokers and sellers (over 37,000 incarcerated today) is a waste of time, money, and most of all, lives."  Column by Debra McCorkle. 

Nazi Chic: Where's the Empathy?

"I see photographs of Fallujah destruction and cry; many Americans see dead Iraqis and give each other a high five. Symptoms of creeping heartlessness are everywhere."  Column by new Root Striker Debra McCorkle.