June 17, 1972: The Watergate Scandal Begins, as Nixon Campaign Associates Are Caught Breaking Into Democratic Headquarters June 17, 1972: The Watergate Scandal Begins, as Nixon Campaign Associates Are Caught Breaking Into Democratic Headquarters
“Whatever the motive for the ‘breaking and entering,’ it was not burglary, third rate or otherwise.”
Jun 17, 2015 / Richard Kreitner
You Can’t Fix ‘Broken Windows’, So End It Now You Can’t Fix ‘Broken Windows’, So End It Now
After a year of tragedies, framed by the deaths of Eric Garner and Kalief Browder, it’s time for our leaders to discard this racist and immoral idea.
Jun 17, 2015 / The Editors
The Death Penalty Cases Before the Supreme Court Are a Prelude to a Legal Assault on the Constitutionality of Capital Punishment The Death Penalty Cases Before the Supreme Court Are a Prelude to a Legal Assault on the Constitutionality of Capital Punishment
Four soon-to-be-decided cases test the scope and application of the death penalty.
Jun 17, 2015 / James D. Zirin
Ignorant Good Will Ignorant Good Will
How an excesses of idealism and the embrace of violence destroyed the American left in the 1970s.
Jun 17, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Rick Perlstein
How to Defend the Indefensible How to Defend the Indefensible
The issue isn't police misconduct—the issue is rap music and baggy pants!
Jun 16, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow
The US Base More Secret Than Guantánamo The US Base More Secret Than Guantánamo
One US military base, decades of lies, and a crime that has never been faced or righted.
Jun 15, 2015 / David Vine
Concentration Camps in the Dominican Republic? Concentration Camps in the Dominican Republic?
With mass deportations looming, Dominicans of Haitian descent live in constant fear of detainment.
Jun 15, 2015 / Greg Grandin
Magna Carta Said No Man Is Above the Law, but What About Corporations? Magna Carta Said No Man Is Above the Law, but What About Corporations?
Celebrate the great charter of liberty by amending the US Constitution on behalf of democracy.
Jun 15, 2015 / John Nichols
A Voter-Fraud Witch Hunt in Kansas A Voter-Fraud Witch Hunt in Kansas
The leading crusader behind the myth of voter fraud now has the power to prosecute bogus fraud cases.
Jun 11, 2015 / Ari Berman
Amnesty for Edward Snowden Amnesty for Edward Snowden
His claims have been vindicated by the courts, Congress, and the US public. It’s time to bring him home.
Jun 11, 2015 / Martin Garbus