The Debate Over Voting Rights Is Shifting Dramatically. Just Ask Rand Paul. The Debate Over Voting Rights Is Shifting Dramatically. Just Ask Rand Paul.
The Tea Party darling has now criticized the GOP on voter ID and cutting early voting, and is pushing to restore voting rights to nonviolent felons.
May 12, 2014 / Blog / Ari Berman
Editors Don’t Belong in Courtrooms, and Cecily McMillan Doesn’t Belong in Prison Editors Don’t Belong in Courtrooms, and Cecily McMillan Doesn’t Belong in Prison
The jury that convicted the Occupier on May 5 had only been given one side of the story.
May 9, 2014 / Kathryn Funkhouser
Keep a Reporter Out of Jail Keep a Reporter Out of Jail
The United States government is insisting that New York Times reporter James Risen reveal a confidential source—or go to jail.
May 8, 2014 / Take Action / NationAction
As the School Year Ends, Students Force Out Condoleezza Rice, Walk Out on Fee Hikes and Stage a Sit-In for Divestment As the School Year Ends, Students Force Out Condoleezza Rice, Walk Out on Fee Hikes and Stage a Sit-In for Divestment
From Richmond to Los Angeles, students take direct action for educational justice.
May 6, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Guilty: Occupy Activist Cecily McMillan Now Faces up to 7 Years in Prison Guilty: Occupy Activist Cecily McMillan Now Faces up to 7 Years in Prison
With Monday’s verdict, McMillan became one of the first Occupy activists to face serious jail time.
May 6, 2014 / Amity Paye
Tell LeBron James to #SlamJunk Tell LeBron James to #SlamJunk
Fabulously wealthy NBA basketball players have been especially quick to take McDonald’s lucre in return for shilling for junk food their teams would never let them eat.
May 5, 2014 / Blog / Peter Rothberg
The Most Popular Tax in History Has Real Momentum The Most Popular Tax in History Has Real Momentum
The visible success of the European Financial Transaction (a k a Robin Hood) tax should boost efforts to build support for such a tax in the US.
May 5, 2014 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel
More Local Law Enforcement Officials Are Refusing to Comply With Obama’s Deportation Policies More Local Law Enforcement Officials Are Refusing to Comply With Obama’s Deportation Policies
Counties and cities are posing a challenge to the Obama administration, whose immigration enforcement mechanisms lean heavily on the partnership between federal and local agents.
May 2, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Living Undocumented: A Conversation With Jose Antonio Vargas Living Undocumented: A Conversation With Jose Antonio Vargas
The journalist and activist talks about his new film, Documented: A Film by an Undocumented Immigrant.
May 1, 2014 / Blog / Steven Hsieh
Will HRC Do Right By the South? Will HRC Do Right By the South?
Southern organizers have tips on how the LGBT group can make its foray into the region work. HRC responds: “We got this.”
May 1, 2014 / Blog / Dani McClain