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The ICC’s decision to prosecute Uhuru Kenyatta for crimes against humanity—and the Court’s imperial demeanor—invigorated his Kikuyu base.

Section 5 is as necessary today as it was in 1965, when Alabama state troopers beat freedom marchers in Selma.

The government says he is a terrorist. But his conversations with undercover police tell a different story.

How many dysfunctional election cycles are we going to endure before we accept the necessity of this reform?

All the rhetoric surrounding immigration reform tends to obscure some basic facts.

Should these congresspeople really be making decisions on immigration reform when they've taken so much money from the corporations who stand to gain from stricter enforcement measures?

With huge profits at stake, CCA and the Geo Group are pushing discreetly for enforcement-heavy immigration reform.

After Newtown, policy-makers are making schools more like prisons—at the expense of those they should be protecting.

What happens when the media report the crimes of the elite, amid the worst economic crisis in decades? They get threatened—sometimes with their lives.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel is continuing the city’s tradition of refusing to apologize for the torture of scores of black men under police commander Jon Burge.