Was There Anything Actually True in Trump’s State of the Union? Was There Anything Actually True in Trump’s State of the Union?
Harold Meyerson on Trump, and Meehan Crist and Tim Requarth on phony forensics.
Jan 31, 2018 / Audio / Start Making Sense and Jon Wiener
In the Legal System, Talking White Is a Precursor to Justice—and That’s Wrong In the Legal System, Talking White Is a Precursor to Justice—and That’s Wrong
If the legal system keeps treating AAE as a lesser form of English, it can never claim to view black people with the same legitimacy as white people.
Jan 29, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld
Glenn Simpson Has Given Us a Russiagate Road Map Glenn Simpson Has Given Us a Russiagate Road Map
His House testimony points to Trump’s alleged ties to Russian and Italian mafias, money laundering, and shady real-estate deals.
Jan 26, 2018 / Bob Dreyfuss
#MeToo Is Changing the Definition of ‘Bad Sex’ #MeToo Is Changing the Definition of ‘Bad Sex’
The “enthusiastic consent” standard imagines a future in which pressure and coercion aren’t part of bad sex at all.
Jan 24, 2018 / Collier Meyerson
Why Does Our Justice System Fight So Hard to Keep Innocent People Behind Bars? Why Does Our Justice System Fight So Hard to Keep Innocent People Behind Bars?
Mark Godsey was a “prosecutor’s prosecutor” who didn’t think there were any innocent people in prison. Then he began supervising his law school’s Innocence Project, and realized hi...
Jan 24, 2018 / Joshua Holland
These Students Are Teaming Up to Pay Dollar Bails for Detained New Yorkers These Students Are Teaming Up to Pay Dollar Bails for Detained New Yorkers
The Dollar Bail Brigade has freed 78 people and grown into a network of more than 600 volunteers.
Jan 22, 2018 / StudentNation / Mary Akdemir
Steve Bannon Wades Into Russiagate Steve Bannon Wades Into Russiagate
Could the ex-Breitbart chief blow the whistle on “Jarvanka”?
Jan 18, 2018 / Bob Dreyfuss
Florida’s Prison Laborers Are Going On Strike Florida’s Prison Laborers Are Going On Strike
Demanding fair pay for their work and an end to brutal conditions, the inmates are putting pressure on the Florida prison system’s bottom line.
Jan 15, 2018 / John Washington
Secrets of the Trump-Russia Dossier Secrets of the Trump-Russia Dossier
There are some eye-popping revelations in the transcript of Glenn Simpson’s testimony before Congress.
Jan 12, 2018 / Bob Dreyfuss
How a Group Policing Model Is Criminalizing Whole Communities How a Group Policing Model Is Criminalizing Whole Communities
While the Ceasefire model of policing looks progressive, its reliance on collective punishment is anything but.
Jan 12, 2018 / Max Rivlin-Nadler