This North Carolina County Has a Thriving Branch of the NAACP—and It’s Mostly White This North Carolina County Has a Thriving Branch of the NAACP—and It’s Mostly White
The chapter reveals the promise and pitfalls of racial-justice solidarity.
Oct 31, 2017 / Michael Schulson
Meet the Legal Theorists Behind the Financial Takeover of Puerto Rico Meet the Legal Theorists Behind the Financial Takeover of Puerto Rico
Two lawyers argue that the feds should impose “dictatorships for democracy” on cities and government bodies in fiscal crisis.
Oct 30, 2017 / Simon Davis-Cohen
Restorative Justice for Shoplifting? A Court Calls It Extortion Restorative Justice for Shoplifting? A Court Calls It Extortion
A company’s program, used by Walmart and others, bypasses the cops.
Oct 30, 2017 / Jessica Pishko
Letters From the November 13, 2017, Issue Letters From the November 13, 2017, Issue
Fighting gunfire with…? Debating violence, peacefully…
Oct 26, 2017 / 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 / Richard Kreitner