Florida Voter Purge Is Unlikely to Resume Florida Voter Purge Is Unlikely to Resume
The state’s elections supervisors continue to oppose the campaign initiated by Governor Rick Scott.
Jul 3, 2012 / Ari Berman
How Will Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Law Be Implemented Now? How Will Arizona’s Anti-Immigrant Law Be Implemented Now?
After the Supreme Court knocked down several of its key components last month, where does SB-1070 go from here?
Jul 2, 2012 / Chris Hayes
Islamic NYU Students Host Town Hall To Address NYPD Surveillance Islamic NYU Students Host Town Hall To Address NYPD Surveillance
After the news broke that the NYPD had been monitoring them, NYU's Islamic Student Association gathered to demand the university president condemn the operation.
Jun 26, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
Can Street Violence Be Fought Like a Virus? Can Street Violence Be Fought Like a Virus?
CeaseFire Chicago, pioneered by an infectious disease expert, has been heralded as an unprecedented success. Will a summer spike in homicides threaten the program in other cities w...
Jun 21, 2012 / Jeff Deeney
Fighting Back Against Stop-and-Frisk Fighting Back Against Stop-and-Frisk
Several thousand people marched in silence down Manhattan's Fifth Avenue on June 17 to demand an end to the New York Police department's controversial stop-and-frisk policy.
Jun 19, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
Father’s Day March Unites Thousands Against NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Policy Father’s Day March Unites Thousands Against NYPD’s Stop-and-Frisk Policy
Community members gathered to protest the discriminatory practice that has increased by 600 percent since Mayor Bloomberg took office.
Jun 19, 2012 / Max Rivlin-Nadler and Andrea Jones
Moustafa Bayoumi: Criminalizing Muslims Moustafa Bayoumi: Criminalizing Muslims
In the public imagination, September 11, 2001 marked the arrival of Islam in this country, bound to narratives of destruction and terror.
Jun 14, 2012 / Francis Reynolds
NYPD’s Monitoring Of Muslim Students Sparks Indignation At NYU NYPD’s Monitoring Of Muslim Students Sparks Indignation At NYU
Earlier this year, an AP investigation revealed the NYPD surveillance of NYU's Islamic community, causing an uproar on campus and a demand that the university president denounce th...
Jun 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Harry Lee
The Outrage of Stop-and-Frisk Policing The Outrage of Stop-and-Frisk Policing
Growing public protest, along with two landmark lawsuits, may put an end to this dragnet policy that overwhelmingly targets young black and Latino men.
Jun 14, 2012 / David Cole
Deploying Informants, the FBI Stings Muslims Deploying Informants, the FBI Stings Muslims
Behind nearly every “foiled terror plot” lurks a government informant sent to entrap hapless young Muslim men.
Jun 14, 2012 / Feature / Petra Bartosiewicz