Dive into the dark history of the crack epidemic that hit the United States in the early 1980s. Explore its roots in socio-economic struggles, failed policies, and racial disparities. Uncover a story ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The "Grim Sleeper" preyed on women during a crack cocaine epidemic in the 1980s, prosecutors said during opening statements Tuesday morning. Lonnie Franklin Jr., 63, is accused ...

Detroit — Crack cocaine hit Detroit like a bomb 40 years ago, destroying families, straining law enforcement and causing paradigm shifts in the criminal justice system and popular culture. The crack ...

President Donald Trump described Washington D.C. as a city riddled with “crime, bloodshed, bedlam, squalor and worse,” setting the scene to place the nation’s capital under federal control. Trump is ...

*Annapolis, MD – During her 19-year crack addiction, Tonier Cain racked up 83 arrests and 66 convictions. She turned to prostitution to pay for drugs, lost custody of four children, and, when she wasn ...

Fresh Air Weekend highlights some of the best interviews and reviews from past weeks, and new program elements specially paced for weekends. Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, ...

In 1986, All-American basketball star Len Bias died after snorting cocaine the same night he was presented in Boston Garden as the newest Celtic. I was assistant counsel with the U.S. House ...