Letters From the November 13, 2017, Issue Letters From the November 13, 2017, Issue
Fighting gunfire with…? Debating violence, peacefully…
Oct 26, 2017 / Letters / Our Readers
Owen Fiss and the Liberal Legal Tradition Owen Fiss and the Liberal Legal Tradition
The legal theorist’s case for how the Constitution can be a vehicle for civil rights and social justice.
Oct 26, 2017 / Books & the Arts / David Cole
Greenpeace Beats Back a SLAPP Lawsuit—for Now Greenpeace Beats Back a SLAPP Lawsuit—for Now
It’s a victory for free speech and forests. But will it last?
Oct 25, 2017 / Mark Hertsgaard
Ai Weiwei’s ‘Human Flow’ Eloquently Calls the West to Account for the Refugee Crisis Ai Weiwei’s ‘Human Flow’ Eloquently Calls the West to Account for the Refugee Crisis
The walls, fences, and brute force currently used to control this tide are shown to be not only barbaric but futile.
Oct 24, 2017 / Sarah Aziza
Why West Point’s Lauding of George W. Bush Is a Disgrace Why West Point’s Lauding of George W. Bush Is a Disgrace
His lies to push the Iraq War forward violate the academy’s own honor code. Why honor that?
Oct 23, 2017 / Erik Edstrom
Almost 4 Million Americans Have Anger-Control Problems and Are Packing a Gun Almost 4 Million Americans Have Anger-Control Problems and Are Packing a Gun
The gun lobby insists that guns don’t kill people, people kill people. So we should call them on it.
Oct 23, 2017 / Joshua Holland
‘We Have Not a Government’: The US Before the Constitution ‘We Have Not a Government’: The US Before the Constitution
An interview with George William Van Cleve, author of a new book about a period of crisis that offers tools for thinking about our own.
Oct 23, 2017 / Asked & Answered / Richard Kreitner
Airlines Are Policing the Bodies and Behavior of Women-of-Color Passengers Airlines Are Policing the Bodies and Behavior of Women-of-Color Passengers
And they’re inadvertently revealing the racist and misogynistic assumptions and codes of behavior that are thrust upon us.
Oct 23, 2017 / Deepa Iyer
Abolish the Drug Enforcement Administration Abolish the Drug Enforcement Administration
And use the savings to help the poor.
Oct 20, 2017 / Alex S. Vitale
The Prosecution of Inauguration-Day Protesters Is a Threat to Dissent The Prosecution of Inauguration-Day Protesters Is a Threat to Dissent
The government keeps expanding its efforts to prosecute J20 protesters, and this should alarm all of us.
Oct 20, 2017 / Chip Gibbons