Without Parents or Lawyers, Thousands of Children Brave Chaos of Immigration Courts Alone Without Parents or Lawyers, Thousands of Children Brave Chaos of Immigration Courts Alone
An overwhelmed system struggles to meet President Obama’s order to fast-track deportation hearings on 62,000 lone child migrants.
Aug 25, 2014 / Karen Houppert
How Consumers Are Getting Screwed by Court-Enforced Arbitration How Consumers Are Getting Screwed by Court-Enforced Arbitration
The Supreme Court has given financial institutions and employers a license to do wrong—and it’s hitting the poor especially hard.
Jul 8, 2014 / Herman Schwartz
Nullification: Jurors’ Secret Weapon Against Harsh Sentencing Nullification: Jurors’ Secret Weapon Against Harsh Sentencing
Juries have the right to judge the law as well as the defendant.
Jul 7, 2014 / Molly Knefel
Supreme Court Ruling in ‘Harris v. Quinn’ Will Undermine Gains Made by Low-Wage Home Healthcare Workers Supreme Court Ruling in ‘Harris v. Quinn’ Will Undermine Gains Made by Low-Wage Home Healthcare Workers
Today’s ruling was not as devastating as labor advocates feared it would be, but nevertheless lays the groundwork for more sweeping attacks on unions.
Jun 30, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
How Did the FBI Miss Over 1 Million Rapes? How Did the FBI Miss Over 1 Million Rapes?
Systematic undercounting of sexual assaults in the US disguises a hidden rape crisis.
Jun 27, 2014 / Soraya Chemaly
The New Season of ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Has a Diverse Cast and a Cynical Heart The New Season of ‘Orange Is the New Black’ Has a Diverse Cast and a Cynical Heart
Yes, it humanizes the women held in Litchfield Penitentiary—but it laughs at the idea that they could change anything about their circumstances.
Jun 16, 2014 / Salamishah Tillet
Inside the Chelsea Manning Trial: Is WikiLeaks a Journalistic Outfit? Inside the Chelsea Manning Trial: Is WikiLeaks a Journalistic Outfit?
A new graphic novel documents the intense legal wranglings inside one of the most important trials of the Internet age.
Jun 9, 2014 / Clark Stoeckley
Why the Campus Rape Crisis Confounds Colleges Why the Campus Rape Crisis Confounds Colleges
Virtually everyone agrees the system is broken. But while some feminists want colleges to deliver justice, others argue it’s just not their job. Who is right?
Jun 5, 2014 / Feature / Michelle Goldberg
Why We’re Shocked by White Heroin Use Why We’re Shocked by White Heroin Use
Do white pundits, reporters and TV producers have a no-snitch policy on exposing crises in the white community?
Jun 4, 2014 / Editorial / Ishmael Reed
New Mass Murder, Old Lesson New Mass Murder, Old Lesson
Why we avoid talking about the one thing that might stop the next bloodbath
Jun 4, 2014 / Against the Current / Richard Kim