Law

Trapped in “el Pozo”: As Overcrowding in ICE Detention Increases, So Does Solitary Confinement

Trapped in “el Pozo”: As Overcrowding in ICE Detention Increases, So Does Solitary Confinement Trapped in “el Pozo”: As Overcrowding in ICE Detention Increases, So Does Solitary Confinement

The spike in solitary confinement epitomizes the abuses of a migrant detention system that seems to be spinning out of control.

May 18, 2026 / Francisco Rodriguez

Trillion-Dollar Tech Bandits Are Finally Facing Justice

Trillion-Dollar Tech Bandits Are Finally Facing Justice Trillion-Dollar Tech Bandits Are Finally Facing Justice

An outdated law has allowed Big Tech to evade accountability for 30 years. Now landmark court rulings are giving consumers a chance to fight back.

May 18, 2026 / Feature / Margaret Mabie and Yasmine Taeb

What the Dissents in the Mifepristone Case Tell Us About What’s to Come

What the Dissents in the Mifepristone Case Tell Us About What’s to Come What the Dissents in the Mifepristone Case Tell Us About What’s to Come

Justice Alito called the Supreme Court’s order “unreasoned” and “remarkable,” while feigning ignorance over the decades of research pointing to mifepristone’s safety.

May 15, 2026 / Michele Goodwin

There’s No Way to Compensate for the Loss of Black Voting Power

There’s No Way to Compensate for the Loss of Black Voting Power There’s No Way to Compensate for the Loss of Black Voting Power

In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent examines Democrats’ strategy to combat GOP gerrymanders. Plus: a look at the next major anti-trans case.

May 15, 2026 / Elie Mystal

Save Tony Carruthers

Save Tony Carruthers Save Tony Carruthers

Liberty and Justins.

May 15, 2026

Different types of birth control on display at the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Museum

How Students Are Fighting for Birth Control Access How Students Are Fighting for Birth Control Access

As reproductive rights shrink nationwide, university students are building grassroots networks to get contraception to their peers.

May 15, 2026 / StudentNation / Nikole Rajgor

Payback master: FBI Director Kash Patel in testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee this week.

Government by Payback Squad Government by Payback Squad

The Trump White House has weaponized all the arms of federal law enforcement to intimidate its political enemies and critics, undermining the rule of law and democracy.

May 14, 2026 / David Faris

People wait in line at a polling station in Queens. New York, November 2, 2025.

The Multipronged Red-State Attack on Voting Rights The Multipronged Red-State Attack on Voting Rights

Red states aren’t just gerrymandering away voting rights—they’re working overtime to suppress the vote in as many ways as possible.

May 14, 2026 / Column / Elie Mystal

A woman reads a book while in the infirmary at Las Colinas Women's Detention Facility in Santee, California.

A New Booklet Seeks to End Reproductive Injustices Behind Bars A New Booklet Seeks to End Reproductive Injustices Behind Bars

The authors want to inform people in women’s prisons about their rights. “There’s no way to survive in there unless we know what our rights are.”

May 13, 2026 / Victoria Law

A “Vote Yes” sign urging voters to support a referendum to redraw Virginia's congressional map.

The Democrats Are 5 Years Too Late to the Voting Rights Fight The Democrats Are 5 Years Too Late to the Voting Rights Fight

Virginia Democrats’ appeal to the Supreme Court to save their state’s new congressional map is a sad case in point.

May 13, 2026 / Elie Mystal

x