ICE Program Under Fire ICE Program Under Fire
287(g), the Department of Homeland Security program that empowers local police, like notorious Sheriff Joe Arpaio, to detain undocumented immigrants, is under scrutiny.
Oct 14, 2009 / Feature / Jessica Weisberg
Wade Rathke Speaks Out Wade Rathke Speaks Out
Just a few weeks ago, a book talk by ACORN founder Wade Rathke wouldn't have drawn much press attention, but the organization's recent notoriety as a conservative boogeyman has thr...
Sep 30, 2009 / Blog / Chris Hayes
The Supreme Court Slams the Door The Supreme Court Slams the Door
How a mere "procedural" decision blatantly shortchanges justice.
Sep 30, 2009 / Editorial / Herman Schwartz
Hold Ashcroft Accountable Hold Ashcroft Accountable
The Ninth Circuit rules that John Ashcroft can be held accountable for the "paradigm of prevention" that led to unlawful detainment of a US citizen.
Sep 16, 2009 / Editorial / David Cole
Repairing Our Broken Justice System Repairing Our Broken Justice System
We need to change the sorry frame of the debate over judges and the role the judicial system plays in our democracy.
Sep 16, 2009 / Feature / Gara LaMarche
Vigilantes: Free to Roam? Vigilantes: Free to Roam?
Our investigation into the shootings of African-Americans in the days after Hurricane Katrina seems to have gotten the feds' attention; but in New Orleans, the wheels of justice ha...
Sep 2, 2009 / Editorial / Esther Kaplan
Planet Cheney and the Secret Government Planet Cheney and the Secret Government
The Nation's Chris Hayes calls for a wide-ranging investigation of torture policies similar to the Church Committee of the 1970s.
Sep 1, 2009 / Video / The Rachel Maddow Show
Cheney Continues to Defend False Truths Cheney Continues to Defend False Truths
The Nation's Jeremy Scahill criticizes the former vice president's recent defense of torture and the media outlets who let him get away with it.
My Lai and Lockerbie Reconsidered My Lai and Lockerbie Reconsidered
The eerie confluence of the tales of two convicted mass murderers, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi and William Calley--and their fates.
Aug 31, 2009 / Editorial / Nick Turse
Katrina’s Hidden Race War: Four Years Later Katrina’s Hidden Race War: Four Years Later
A segment on Anderson Cooper 360 investigates the white vigilante justice that tore through New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.