Want Colleges to Protect Students From Sexual Assault? Take Action to Give Title IX Teeth Want Colleges to Protect Students From Sexual Assault? Take Action to Give Title IX Teeth
The Department of Education has never sanctioned a school for sexual-assault related violations. It’s time to change that.
Jul 8, 2014 / Alexandra Brodsky, Dana Bolger, and NationAction
Yes, Arresting Subway Dancers Is Still a Way of Criminalizing Black Youth Yes, Arresting Subway Dancers Is Still a Way of Criminalizing Black Youth
However one feels about subway dancers’ high flying antics, we should be able to agree they shouldn’t be arrested.
Jul 8, 2014 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
If Christian Corporations Have Religious Rights, What About Muslim Prisoners? If Christian Corporations Have Religious Rights, What About Muslim Prisoners?
The US government has until Tuesday evening to explain to a federal judge why men held at Guantánamo do not have the same religious freedoms as Hobby Lobby.
Jul 8, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
On the NSA, Hillary Clinton Is Either a Fool or a Liar On the NSA, Hillary Clinton Is Either a Fool or a Liar
Clinton is using Edward Snowden as a punching bag to shore up her hawkish bona fides.
Jul 8, 2014 / Robert Scheer
Teachers to Education Secretary Arne Duncan: Please Quit Teachers to Education Secretary Arne Duncan: Please Quit
National Education Association calls out Obama’s education secretary for focusing on high-stakes testing. Democrats should take the criticism seriously.
Jul 8, 2014 / Blog / John Nichols
How Consumers Are Getting Screwed by Court-Enforced Arbitration How Consumers Are Getting Screwed by Court-Enforced Arbitration
The Supreme Court has given financial institutions and employers a license to do wrong—and it’s hitting the poor especially hard.
Jul 8, 2014 / Herman Schwartz
Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train Obama’s Evangelical Gravy Train
Despite the president’s promise to cut funding to discredited HIV and pregnancy prevention programs, taxpayer dollars are still bankrolling anti-gay, anti-choice conservative relig...
Jul 8, 2014 / Andy Kopsa
Why the Supreme Court’s Attack on Labor Hurts Women Most Why the Supreme Court’s Attack on Labor Hurts Women Most
The Hobby Lobby case is more clearly aimed at women, but Harris v. Quinn may prove even more consequential for the lives of working women.
Jul 7, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Chen
Nullification: Jurors’ Secret Weapon Against Harsh Sentencing Nullification: Jurors’ Secret Weapon Against Harsh Sentencing
Juries have the right to judge the law as well as the defendant.
Jul 7, 2014 / Molly Knefel
10 Questions All Politicians Should Answer About Gun Control 10 Questions All Politicians Should Answer About Gun Control
Thanks to an effort by Everytown for Gun Safety, the NRA will now not be the only group asking candidates for their positions on gun control.
Jul 7, 2014 / Blog / George Zornick