Law

Rep. Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy Sinks Even Lower Kevin McCarthy Sinks Even Lower

He sells out a GOP House ally by opposing a bipartisan commission to investigate the January 6 insurrection. Is he afraid of what it will find?

May 18, 2021 / Joan Walsh

Amy Coney Barrett smiling

The Supreme Court May Have Just Signed Roe v. Wade’s Death Warrant The Supreme Court May Have Just Signed Roe v. Wade’s Death Warrant

The newly ultraconservative court has agreed to hear a direct challenge to the landmark 1973 abortion case—a move that can mean nothing good.

May 18, 2021 / Elie Mystal

Steven Donziger

Steven Donziger Wants to Convince ‘a Different Jury’ Steven Donziger Wants to Convince ‘a Different Jury’

Denied legal judgment by his peers, the lawyer who took on Chevron wants the world to know about his persecution.

May 18, 2021 / James North

Israeli / Palestinian Conflict

Israeli / Palestinian Conflict Israeli / Palestinian Conflict

Israel’s imbalance of power.

May 18, 2021 / OppArt / Tjeerd Royaards

US Mexico Border Wall

Visions of a Borderless World Visions of a Borderless World

We must not forget that borders are an impediment to a new world based on empathy and equality.

May 18, 2021 / Todd Miller

Tahanie Aboushi

Meet the Woman Who Would Transform the Nation’s Most Powerful DA’s Office Meet the Woman Who Would Transform the Nation’s Most Powerful DA’s Office

The Manhattan district attorney’s office is a vital cog in New York City’s vast incarceration machine. Tahanie Aboushi is running to change that.

May 18, 2021 / Feature / Moustafa Bayoumi

Stop Gun Violence

Stop Gun Violence Stop Gun Violence

Countless casualties.

May 17, 2021 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

The California Prosecutors Who Want to Keep People Out of Jail

The California Prosecutors Who Want to Keep People Out of Jail The California Prosecutors Who Want to Keep People Out of Jail

In the state that once pioneered the punitive Three Strikes policy, a coalition of recently elected district attorneys is pushing back against mass incarceration.

May 17, 2021 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner

Larry Krasner—and the Future of the Criminal Justice Reform Movement—Is on Tuesday’s Ballot Larry Krasner—and the Future of the Criminal Justice Reform Movement—Is on Tuesday’s Ballot

The Philadelphia prosecutor who’s opposed police violence and mass incarceration faces an intense challenge backed by the police union.

May 14, 2021 / John Nichols

Iraqi Refugee Murder Arrest

Tragedy and Hope on the Western Front Tragedy and Hope on the Western Front

The imprisonment of Iraqi refugee Omar Ameen and the prospect of humane redistribution of wealth show California both failing and aspiring to its political promise.

May 14, 2021 / Sasha Abramsky

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