Max Felker-Kantor is an associate professor of history at Ball State University. His research explores policing, race, policing, politics, and cities since World War II. He is the author of Policing Los Angeles: Race, Resistance, and the Rise of the LAPD and DARE to Say No: Policing and the War on Drugs in Schools.
Max Felker-Kantor
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Writing on Public Books
White Suburbs and Drug Wars
To understand the racism of the drug war, in other words, we must look to the ways policymakers sought to protect white suburban youth.
D.A.R.E. Is More Than Just Antidrug Education—It Is Police Propaganda
DARE lost its once hegemonic influence over drug education, but it had long-lasting effects on American policing, politics, and culture.
