A Killing Machine Turns 30 A Killing Machine Turns 30
This summer marks a grim anniversary of a Supreme Court decision to affirm the death penalty and create a bureaucratic killing machine that puts American justice at odds with the C...
Jun 28, 2006 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro
Generation Lockdown Generation Lockdown
California's juvenile justice system is broken everywhere you look. An ambitious plan for reform could bring much-needed improvements, but does it go far enough?
Jun 25, 2006 / Feature / Mark Sorkin
Drug Busts=Jim Crow Drug Busts=Jim Crow
The drug war is the heir to Jim Crow: a form of widespread, legalized discrimination.
Jun 21, 2006 / Feature / Ira Glasser
‘They Deserve It’ ‘They Deserve It’
Prison rape is not a dirty joke; it's one of the most frequent and widespread human rights abuses in America.
The Pincer Strategy The Pincer Strategy
Growing concern over Bush's abuses of executive power could be the force that unites Democrats, Republicans and libertarians in a broad, nonpartisan effort to defend the Constituti...
Jun 8, 2006 / Editorial / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
What They’re Marching For What They’re Marching For
With or without a comprehensive immigration bill, a working-class immigrant Latino movement is emerging--allied with progressive groups--that could reverse a tide of xenophobia and...
Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Saurav Sarkar
A Shared Vision A Shared Vision
The vitality of the new Latino-led immigration movement could provide the spark to jolt the civil rights movement out of its complacency and create a shared notion of an imagined f...
Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Salim Muwakkil
A Bronx Tale A Bronx Tale
Grassroots activists tap into the momentum of the immigrant rights movement to bring blacks and Latinos together on shared concerns.
Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Michelle García
Voices of a New Movimiento Voices of a New Movimiento
As they push for immigrants rights legislation--and brace for the inevitable backlash--a diverse array of emerging leaders have their eyes on a larger prize.
Jun 1, 2006 / Feature / Roberto Lovato
Mexico’s Exodus: Blip on the Radar? Mexico’s Exodus: Blip on the Radar?
Declining birthrates in Mexico give the lie to American fears of an influx of immigrants. As birthrates plummet around the world, America's real problem may be a shortage, not a su...
May 30, 2006 / Column / Nicholas von Hoffman