It Just Got a Lot Harder for Americans to Have Their Day in Court It Just Got a Lot Harder for Americans to Have Their Day in Court
By rewriting the rules for civil complaints, the Supreme Court denied access to poor and middle-class people—and handed a big gift to corporate interests.
Sep 24, 2015 / Feature / Arthur R. Miller
The Many Sins of ‘Citizens United’ The Many Sins of ‘Citizens United’
In order to get the ruling they wanted, the conservative justices had to ignore an extensive record on political corruption.
Sep 24, 2015 / Feature / Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
Is the Death Penalty Unconstitutional? Is the Death Penalty Unconstitutional?
Following a controversial ruling over lethal injections, Justice Breyer suggested that capital punishment may violate the 8th Amendment. It’s time to bring that case to court.
Sep 24, 2015 / Feature / George H. Kendall
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Parents Tried to Desegregate Their Schools. The Roberts Court Said No. Parents Tried to Desegregate Their Schools. The Roberts Court Said No.
The conservative majority rewrote decades of equal protection law in the name of a fictional color-blind Constitution.
Sep 24, 2015 / Feature / William Yeomans
September 24, 1964: The Warren Commission Delivers Its Final Report to President Lyndon Johnson September 24, 1964: The Warren Commission Delivers Its Final Report to President Lyndon Johnson
“Only those who for whatever reasons of personal or political myopia cannot bring themselves to face reality will continue to think that the tragedy was proximately the work of mor...
Sep 24, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
‘The Nation’ On Jeopardy ‘The Nation’ On Jeopardy
What is… our new favorite game show?
Sep 23, 2015 / Press Room
Carly Fiorina’s Planned-Parenthood Distortions Get Worse Carly Fiorina’s Planned-Parenthood Distortions Get Worse
The footage Fiorina described during last week’s debate doesn’t actually exist, so a PAC supporting her tried to create it.
Sep 23, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
The Patrick Kane Case Marks a New Low in the Long History of Rape Accusations Against Athletes The Patrick Kane Case Marks a New Low in the Long History of Rape Accusations Against Athletes
After a rape kit was dumped at the door of his accuser’s mother, the NHL can no longer be silent.
Sep 23, 2015 / Dave Zirin
If You Owe Student-Loan Debt, the Government Can Garnish Your Social Security Benefits If You Owe Student-Loan Debt, the Government Can Garnish Your Social Security Benefits
Join our campaign to demand relief for thousands of Social Security recipients still struggling to pay off their student loans.
Sep 23, 2015 / NationAction
How Hillary Clinton Got to ‘No’ on Keystone How Hillary Clinton Got to ‘No’ on Keystone
‘‘Just plain old organizing is often what starts to change political reality,” says Bill McKibben
Sep 23, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter