David Cole | The Nation

Growing public protest, along with two landmark lawsuits, may put an end to this dragnet policy that overwhelmingly targets young black and Latino men.

Why did Obama administration lawyers refuse to discount the possibility, even for First Amendment–protected speech?

In 2002 Washington deported an innocent man to Syria, where he was tortured. Why can’t we apologize?

Tarek Mehanna got seventeen years in prison for translating a document.

Como diría Mark Twain: los informes acerca de la muerte de Obamacare han sido groseramente exagerados.

Court watchers are pronouncing the death of healthcare reform. But a closer look at Justice Kennedy's questions suggests there's hope yet.

Court watchers are pronouncing the death of healthcare reform. But a closer look at Justice Kennedy's questions suggests there's hope yet.

The individual mandate is not a threat to fundamental liberties.

With Obama's signing of the National Defense Authorization Act, the prison becomes a permanent fixture.

That's what the Obama administration is arguing for, in a crucial case now before the Supreme Court.