Of Deserts and Promised Lands: The Dream of Global Justice Of Deserts and Promised Lands: The Dream of Global Justice
Jenny Martinez and Kathryn Sikkink offer conflicting histories of the ascendency of international courts.
Feb 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn
Obama’s Crackdown on Whistle-blowers Obama’s Crackdown on Whistle-blowers
Why have so many public workers been accused under the Espionage Act during Obama's presidency?
Feb 27, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Student Privacy and the PATRIOT Act Student Privacy and the PATRIOT Act
More than a decade after Congress passed the PATRIOT Act, its varied implications are still unraveling.
Feb 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy
Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino
Would the GOP contenders feel the same about immigration if the folks trying to cross the border were Canadians?
Feb 24, 2012 / Blog / Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto
Rethinking the War on Drugs Rethinking the War on Drugs
Is the war on drugs worth it?
Feb 21, 2012 / Blog / Chris Hayes
Manhattan District Attorney Subpoenas Occupy Protester’s Twitter Account Manhattan District Attorney Subpoenas Occupy Protester’s Twitter Account
Law enforcement appears to be regularly sending subpoenas to social media companies. This time, the target found out about it.
Feb 15, 2012 / Emily Jane Goodman
How ‘Citizens United’ Allows the Super-Wealthy to Buy Elections How ‘Citizens United’ Allows the Super-Wealthy to Buy Elections
Highlights from Saturday morning’s Up With Chris Hayes: the palpable effects of Citizens United, pro–Mitt Romney Super Pac donations, a retired NYPD officer’s tho...
Feb 6, 2012 / Blog / Chris Hayes
Why Did an Asylum Seeker to the US End Up in a Liberian Prison? Why Did an Asylum Seeker to the US End Up in a Liberian Prison?
The US policy of criminalizing undocumented immigrants has led innocent deportees to be jailed and maligned in their home countries.
Jan 31, 2012 / Feature / Deepa Fernandes and Abdulai Bah
Kill the Internet—and Other Anti-SOPA Myths Kill the Internet—and Other Anti-SOPA Myths
Hollywood didn’t do itself proud with the anti-piracy bills. But in their fervor to defeat them, the self-proclaimed defenders of Internet freedom got a lot of things wrong.
Jan 24, 2012 / Danny Goldberg
A Party Divided: Where the Republican Candidates Stand on Immigration A Party Divided: Where the Republican Candidates Stand on Immigration
Jan 19, 2012 / Photo Essay / The Nation