Ask Dr. Mad Law Ask Dr. Mad Law
Section 10-131, subparagraph (g)1, of the administrative code of the City of New York provides that: "It shall be unlawful for any person to sell or offer for sale, possess or us...
Mar 9, 2000 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Remembering in Black and White Remembering in Black and White
It may be my imagination, but this year Black History Month has seemed to present a more complicated range of memorials than in the recent past.
Feb 10, 2000 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
And the Enemy Is… And the Enemy Is…
Patricia Williams will be on leave for the remainder of the year, returning to this space in January 2000.
Aug 19, 1999 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Civil Society Civil Society
"Why do you care so much?" said a white friend to me during a debate about suspect profiling. "Don't take it so personally--the police aren't after you in the black middle class.
Jul 1, 1999 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Racial Ventriloquism Racial Ventriloquism
I know I'm not supposed to read too much into a movie like Episode I: The Phantom Menace, but when you're living with a 6-year-old whose entire generation role-plays and reiterat...
Jun 17, 1999 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Smart Bombs Smart Bombs
There was quite an astonishing little item in the paper recently about the sort of thing that makes me glad I grew up in the inner city: i.e., the national proliferation of "assa...
May 20, 1999 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
The Trials of the Millennium The Trials of the Millennium
As New York City braces itself for the trials of two sets of police officers accused in the injury of Abner Louima and the death of Amadou Diallo, perhaps it's time to cull a lis...
Apr 21, 1999 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Friends, Romans, Countrymen Friends, Romans, Countrymen
The networks are busy interviewing everyone with a law degree about what to expect from the impeachment trial of President Clinton.
Jan 21, 1999 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
America and the Simpson Trial America and the Simpson Trial
This article originally appeared in the March 13, 1995 issue.
Jan 2, 1998 / Feature / Patricia J. Williams