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The 1 Percent Court
The 1 Percent Court (The Constitution, The Courts)

A Court for the money power, and our democracy is at stake.

Bill Moyers and Bernard A. Weisberger
How the Right Packed the Court (Supreme Court, Conservatives and the American Right)

The long-term campaign to roll back the New Deal.

William Yeomans
'Citizens United' and the Corporate Court
'Citizens United' and the Corporate Court (Supreme Court, Citizens United, The Constitution, The Courts)

Giving corporations the inalienable right to buy elections.

Jamie Raskin
One Nation by and for the Corporations
One Nation by and for the Corporations (Supreme Court)

Courts that shelter the powerful and evict the little guy.

Dahlia Lithwick
The Roberts Court and Wall Street (Supreme Court, Corporate Lobbying)

The Court’s next project: saving Wall Street from Dodd-Frank.

Michael Greenberger
Isolating America's Workers
Isolating America's Workers (Supreme Court, Labor)

The pendulum swings hard against the rights of labor.

Craig Becker and Judith Scott
Rewriting Antitrust Law (Supreme Court, Law, Mergers and Antitrust)

Helping the big get bigger, the strong get stronger.

Herman Schwartz
A Court Out of Touch (Supreme Court)

Today’s justices do not hear the real America.

Sherrilyn Ifill
The Way Forward
The Way Forward (Supreme Court, The Constitution, The Courts)

Fight for a Court that speaks of and for the rest of us.

Nan Aron
Undocumented Immigrants Take On the DNC (Activism, Election 2012, Immigration to the US)

The Undocubus activists are calling for the immigration reform that President Obama promised when he first ran for office.

Francis Reynolds

Blogs

How the NRA Became an Organization for Aspiring Vigilantes (Part 2)
Rick Perlstein

Ronald Reagan was an early adopter of, and key propagandist for, gun culture's vigilante turn.

January 10, 2013
A Disturbing Warning for the Media at Bradley Manning Hearing
Greg Mitchell

Prosecutors suggest similar litigation against media outlets is possible.

January 10, 2013
Three Ways Sensible Gun Control Could Have Prevented Aurora Shootings
George Zornick

Details emerging this week in court about July’s mass shooting show multiple ways the tragedy could have been averted. 

January 9, 2013
Tentative Ruling Allows Walmart to Be Named as Defendant in Wage Theft Class Action
Josh Eidelson

The ruling brings warehouse workers one step closer to holding Walmart directly responsible for alleged retaliation and wage theft.

January 7, 2013
Katrina vanden Heuvel: End the NRA's Stranglehold on Gun Legislation
Nation in the News

Enough is enough: we must wrest control of public safety policy from gun manufacturers. 

January 4, 2013
America’s Rape Problem: We Refuse to Admit That There Is One
Jessica Valenti

It's time to acknowledge that the rape epidemic in the US is not just about the crimes themselves, but our own cultural and political willful ignorance.

January 4, 2013
Hacked Video in Steubenville Rape Case Gets Wide Media Play
Greg Mitchell

The twelve-minute video shows a student joking about the rape victim, a high school classmate, in Steubenveille, Ohio.

January 4, 2013
Will 'Dima's Law' Lead to a New Cold War?
Katrina vanden Heuvel

For Americans who understand the importance of a cooperative U.S.-Russia relationship, 2012 was a disturbing year.

January 3, 2013
Dangerous Rush to Legislate on Surveillance and Mental Health? Dean Spade [VIDEO]
Laura Flanders

Involuntary mental health care and police profiling will not make the United States safer.

December 28, 2012
Largest Mass Execution in US History: 150 Years Ago Today
Jon Wiener

Lincoln ordered the execution of thirty-eight Dakota Indians for rebellion—but never ordered the execution of Confederate officials or generals.

December 26, 2012
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