Culture of Fear: Miriam Carey’s Tragedy, and Our Own Culture of Fear: Miriam Carey’s Tragedy, and Our Own
A troubled person appeared to attack the White House, and was shot to death—in 1976. Back then, a less fearful time, it didn’t become a national obsession.
Oct 4, 2013 / Rick Perlstein
Ohio Students Fight Back Against ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws Ohio Students Fight Back Against ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws
The battle against Stand Your Ground has migrated to the Midwest and students are in the trenches.
Oct 4, 2013 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia and StudentNation
Napolitano’s Hypocrisy on Immigration Napolitano’s Hypocrisy on Immigration
The former head of the DHS needs to come clean about Secure Communities.
Oct 4, 2013 / Aura Bogado
Canadians Remain Imprisoned in Egypt Without Charge Canadians Remain Imprisoned in Egypt Without Charge
Hundreds of witnesses to massacre by Egyptian security forces face extended detention.
Oct 2, 2013 / Press Room
Noted Noted
How corporations seek to make big bucks off mass incarceration.
Oct 2, 2013 / Liliana Segura
Hate Crime Laws Don’t Prevent Violence Against LGBT People Hate Crime Laws Don’t Prevent Violence Against LGBT People
So why do many LGBT people, and others, feel so deeply about the need to have them?
Oct 2, 2013 / Michael Bronski, Ann Pellegrini, and Michael Amico
Copyright Without Law? Copyright Without Law?
A legal quirk enabled Samuel Roth to pirate Ulysses. Was Roth a copyright anarchist or a pioneer?
Oct 1, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Caleb Crain
Tell the FCC: Prison Phone Companies Shouldn’t Profit Off Indigent Families Tell the FCC: Prison Phone Companies Shouldn’t Profit Off Indigent Families
Prison phone companies like Global Tel* Link get away with charging prisoners exorbitant rates just to keep in touch with their families. Tell the Federal Communications Commission...
Oct 1, 2013 / NationAction
The Government Leakers Who Truly Endanger America Will Never Face Prosecution The Government Leakers Who Truly Endanger America Will Never Face Prosecution
Officials leak secrets to advance careers or justify wars and weapons programs, but Edward Snowden’s the criminal?
Oct 1, 2013 / Robert Scheer
With 2.3 Million People Incarcerated in the US, Prisons Are Big Business With 2.3 Million People Incarcerated in the US, Prisons Are Big Business
Meet the corporations who are profiting off our prison system.
Oct 1, 2013 / Liliana Segura