Mass Incarceration’s Collateral Damage: The Children Left Behind Mass Incarceration’s Collateral Damage: The Children Left Behind
When a parent is sent to prison, a child’s life is derailed, leaving schools to pick up the pieces.
Dec 16, 2014 / Feature / Katy Reckdahl
The Criminal Justice System Is Broken. Here’s How to Start Fixing It. The Criminal Justice System Is Broken. Here’s How to Start Fixing It.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman wants his office to be able to prosecute cases in which police officers kill unarmed citizens.
Dec 16, 2014 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
Enhanced Interrogation Techniques Enhanced Interrogation Techniques
The backing of regimes where torture’s used Was once an issue causing quite a fuss. But now, to paraphrase what Pogo said, We’ve met the torturers, and they are us.
Dec 16, 2014 / Column / Calvin Trillin
They Said ‘No’ to Torture: The Real Heroes of the Bush Years They Said ‘No’ to Torture: The Real Heroes of the Bush Years
Obama should honor the people who tried to stop the torture regime.
Dec 15, 2014 / Jon Wiener
US Torture Didn’t End When Bush Left Office US Torture Didn’t End When Bush Left Office
But the Senate report could be the opening we need to really make US torture a thing of the past.
Dec 15, 2014 / Rebecca Gordon
Latin America’s Lesson for the US: Prosecute the Torturers Latin America’s Lesson for the US: Prosecute the Torturers
The region’s transition out of dictatorship hinged on two words the United States would be wise to heed: “Never again.”
Dec 12, 2014 / Jo-Marie Burt and Foreign Policy In Focus
Prosecute John Yoo, Says Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky Prosecute John Yoo, Says Law School Dean Erwin Chemerinsky
Yoo’s “torture memo“ was part of a Bush administration conspiracy to violate the federal torture act.
Dec 12, 2014 / Jon Wiener
DC Voted to Legalize Marijuana. Congress Should Not Overrule It. DC Voted to Legalize Marijuana. Congress Should Not Overrule It.
Congress’s spending bill overrides Washington’s vote to legalize marijuana and thwarts the will of the people.
Dec 11, 2014 / John Nichols
Why It’s So Hard to Write About Rape Why It’s So Hard to Write About Rape
Is it possible to be sensitive to victims while still being a discerning journalist?
Dec 11, 2014 / Salamishah Tillet
Is Racial Justice Possible in America? Is Racial Justice Possible in America?
We need law and policing reform, but first we have to want to end state-sanctioned violence against African-Americans.
Dec 10, 2014 / Feature / David Dante Troutt