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Loving Billie Holiday Doesn’t Mean Black Girls Aren’t Suffering

Loving Billie Holiday Doesn’t Mean Black Girls Aren’t Suffering Loving Billie Holiday Doesn’t Mean Black Girls Aren’t Suffering

Joshua DuBois makes an unconvincing argument against the criticism of President Obama’s My Brother’s Keeper initiative.

Jun 27, 2014 / Farah Jasmine Griffin

How the ACA Can Revolutionize Inmate Healthcare

How the ACA Can Revolutionize Inmate Healthcare How the ACA Can Revolutionize Inmate Healthcare

Jails have become the front line for health problems that plague underserved communities in America. The Affordable Care Act provides an opportunity to improve continuity in treatm...

Jun 27, 2014 / Maura Ewing

Supreme Court Says Police Need a Warrant to Search Your Phone

Supreme Court Says Police Need a Warrant to Search Your Phone Supreme Court Says Police Need a Warrant to Search Your Phone

But will they apply the same logic to the NSA’s massive surveillance dragnet?

Jun 26, 2014 / Robert Scheer

Four Ways the Fourth Amendment No Longer Applies to Our Lives

Four Ways the Fourth Amendment No Longer Applies to Our Lives Four Ways the Fourth Amendment No Longer Applies to Our Lives

Since 9/11, the government has ceaselessly violated our constitutional rights—none more so than the right to privacy.

Jun 26, 2014 / Peter Van Buren

Supreme Court Strikes Down Law That Keeps Anti-Choice Protesters 35 Feet Away From Abortion Clinics

Supreme Court Strikes Down Law That Keeps Anti-Choice Protesters 35 Feet Away From Abortion Clinics Supreme Court Strikes Down Law That Keeps Anti-Choice Protesters 35 Feet Away From Abortion Clinics

Massachusetts’s 35-foot buffer between health clinic patients and anti-abortion advocates has been ruled unconstitutional.

Jun 26, 2014 / Dani McClain

Seeking Justice—or At Least the Truth—for ‘Comfort Women’

Seeking Justice—or At Least the Truth—for ‘Comfort Women’ Seeking Justice—or At Least the Truth—for ‘Comfort Women’

A growing global movement is ensuring that if the Japanese government won’t hold itself accountable for its crimes against women, then history will.

Jun 25, 2014 / Christine Ahn and Foreign Policy In Focus

Supreme Court Kills the Old Robocop Dream

Supreme Court Kills the Old Robocop Dream Supreme Court Kills the Old Robocop Dream

The justices didn’t quote Christian Parenti, but they should have.

Jun 25, 2014 / Richard Kreitner

Despite SCOTUS Ban, 15 States Still Have Not Passed Laws Ending Mandatory Life Without Parole for Juveniles

Despite SCOTUS Ban, 15 States Still Have Not Passed Laws Ending Mandatory Life Without Parole for Juveniles Despite SCOTUS Ban, 15 States Still Have Not Passed Laws Ending Mandatory Life Without Parole for Juveniles

Two years after the Supreme Court ruled the practice unconstitutional, many states are still able to send children to die in prison without recourse.

Jun 25, 2014 / Steven Hsieh

We’ve Been Living in ‘1984’ Since 1921

We’ve Been Living in ‘1984’ Since 1921 We’ve Been Living in ‘1984’ Since 1921

That was when the Bureau of Investigation—the forerunner of today’s FBI—first opened a file on the magazine.

Jun 25, 2014 / David Cole

What the Right Misses About Islamic Extremism: A Conversation With Saba Ahmed

What the Right Misses About Islamic Extremism: A Conversation With Saba Ahmed What the Right Misses About Islamic Extremism: A Conversation With Saba Ahmed

Last week Saba Ahmed became yet another Muslim punching bag for the right, who refuse to listen to her game-changing plan to fight extremism.

Jun 25, 2014 / Hannah Harris Green

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