Nation Topics - Law | The Nation

As the hunger strike approaches its 100th day on May 17, 100 prisoners are refusing food.

How music plagiarism ruined a composer’s career and literally drove him mad.

Search engine executives warn about invasive government surveillance, but the digital arms trade begins with their own technologies.

How three US citizens were killed by their own government in the space of one month in 2011.

There ought to be a response to violence besides callous indifference and total social warfare.

That’s the unanimous conclusion of a nonpartisan task force. It should teach us not to overreact to the Boston bombings.

Whatever happened to quiet bravery and dignity?

As the country charts a new course on immigration, New York remains a beacon of hope.

Council members are working on an agenda that includes labor organizing, public transportation and giving legal immigrants the right to vote in municipal elections.

As change nips at the edges of the Bronx, the borough’s iconic auto-glass workers continue their daily street-dance.