Law

Is Obama Throwing Immigrant Children Under the Bus?

Is Obama Throwing Immigrant Children Under the Bus? Is Obama Throwing Immigrant Children Under the Bus?

Now that Obama has given up trying to appease the GOP, why he is considering weakening a law intended to protect immigrant children from trafficking and violence?

Jul 4, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right, and We Already Have Proof

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right, and We Already Have Proof Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right, and We Already Have Proof

It only took a day for the Court’s “limited” Hobby Lobby decision to start to crack open.

Jul 2, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter

DREAMers in Grad School

DREAMers in Grad School DREAMers in Grad School

Four states have granted in-state tution to undocumented students, but the higher education pipeline continues to be plagued.  

Jul 2, 2014 / StudentNation / Jude Paul Dizon and StudentNation

The One Supreme Court Decision We Can Celebrate

The One Supreme Court Decision We Can Celebrate The One Supreme Court Decision We Can Celebrate

In ruling that police may not search cellphones without a warrant, the Court brought the Fourth Amendment into the twenty-first century.

Jul 2, 2014 / David Cole

After ‘Harris v. Quinn’: The State of Our Unions

After ‘Harris v. Quinn’: The State of Our Unions After ‘Harris v. Quinn’: The State of Our Unions

After one of Supreme Court’s most anti-union rulings in recent years, is there still time for organized labor to save itself?

Jul 2, 2014 / Eileen Boris, Jennifer Klein, Joel Rogers, Joshua Freeman, and Jane McAlevey

Where Will the Slippery Slope of ‘Hobby Lobby’ End?

Where Will the Slippery Slope of ‘Hobby Lobby’ End? Where Will the Slippery Slope of ‘Hobby Lobby’ End?

There’s no telling how far religious exemptions will go under Justice Alito’s ruling.

Jul 2, 2014 / Column / Katha Pollitt

How the Supreme Court Undermined Women’s Citizenship

How the Supreme Court Undermined Women’s Citizenship How the Supreme Court Undermined Women’s Citizenship

The court’s decision to invalidate the abortion clinic buffer zone limits the privacy women require as participants in a democracy.

Jul 2, 2014 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

The Real Reason Pot Is Still Illegal

The Real Reason Pot Is Still Illegal The Real Reason Pot Is Still Illegal

Opponents of marijuana-law reform insist that legalization is dangerous—but the biggest threat is to their own bottom line.

Jul 2, 2014 / Feature / Lee Fang

25 Years Later, America Is Still Struggling to ‘Do the Right Thing’

25 Years Later, America Is Still Struggling to ‘Do the Right Thing’ 25 Years Later, America Is Still Struggling to ‘Do the Right Thing’

On the 25th anniversity of Spike Lee's "Do the Right Thing," America needs to ask itself some hard questions.

Jun 30, 2014 / Books & the Arts / Mychal Denzel Smith

Supreme Court Ruling in ‘Harris v. Quinn’ Will Undermine Gains Made by Low-Wage Home Healthcare Workers

Supreme Court Ruling in ‘Harris v. Quinn’ Will Undermine Gains Made by Low-Wage Home Healthcare Workers Supreme Court Ruling in ‘Harris v. Quinn’ Will Undermine Gains Made by Low-Wage Home Healthcare Workers

Today’s ruling was not as devastating as labor advocates feared it would be, but nevertheless lays the groundwork for more sweeping attacks on unions.

Jun 30, 2014 / Michelle Chen

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