Criminal Justice

HIV Epidemic Scott County

Mike Pence Is Still to Blame for an HIV Outbreak in Indiana—but for New Reasons Mike Pence Is Still to Blame for an HIV Outbreak in Indiana—but for New Reasons

The avoidable Scott County epidemic may reveal a terrifying future for public health in America.

Oct 4, 2018 / Steven W. Thrasher

Lindsey Graham Kavanaugh

Kavanaugh’s Defenders in Congress Don’t Care About Process Kavanaugh’s Defenders in Congress Don’t Care About Process

The hearings reveal disparities in who gets to speak out—and who must remain silent.

Oct 4, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Durbin, Whitehouse, Klobuchar at Kavanaugh hearing

Brett Kavanaugh Is a Liar—So Why Couldn’t Democrats Call Him One? Brett Kavanaugh Is a Liar—So Why Couldn’t Democrats Call Him One?

News reports are not helping by wrongly presenting the hearing as a “he said/she said” affair.

Oct 3, 2018 / Column / Eric Alterman

NYPd Cameras

Mass Surveillance Begins at the Local Level. So Does the Resistance to It. Mass Surveillance Begins at the Local Level. So Does the Resistance to It.

Grassroots groups are leading the pushback against government spying.

Sep 27, 2018 / Cities Rising / Andrew Tan-Delli Cicchi

Brett Kavanaugh Confirmation

Brett Kavanaugh and the Case of the Vanishing Rape Victim Brett Kavanaugh and the Case of the Vanishing Rape Victim

Long before the recent charges against him, we already had evidence of Kavanaugh’s disturbing lack of empathy for rape victims.

Sep 27, 2018 / Bruce Shapiro

Brett Kavanaugh with Trump

Reasons to Believe Reasons to Believe

10 ways to respond to Brett Kavanaugh’s defenders.

Sep 26, 2018 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Female Inmate Jail Cell

California Ended Cash Bail—but May Have Replaced It With Something Even Worse California Ended Cash Bail—but May Have Replaced It With Something Even Worse

Racist algorithms and unlimited judicial discretion threaten to increase pretrial incarceration in California.

Sep 24, 2018 / John Raphling

A group of women are seen wearing black veils and black tape over their mouths outside of the fourth day of Brett Kavanaugh's hearing before members of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building Friday.

Take Direct Action to Stop Brett Kavanaugh Take Direct Action to Stop Brett Kavanaugh

You can also spread the word about protests against Trump’s plans to indefinitely detain immigrant children and demand justice for Puerto Rico.

Sep 18, 2018 / no-paywall / NationAction

Florida voter registration

Florida Just Won a Historic Voting-Rights Victory Florida Just Won a Historic Voting-Rights Victory

Now, with the passage of Amendment Four, more than a million ex-felons—nearly 10 percent of the state’s population—will be able to vote.

Sep 18, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky

Donald Trump

Forget the Trump Circus. Focus Instead on His Ruinous Policies. Forget the Trump Circus. Focus Instead on His Ruinous Policies.

Democrats would be wise to focus not just on Trump’s inanities but also on the real damage that he and his Republican allies are doing to our country.

Sep 11, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

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