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‘We Were Handcuffing Kids For No Reason’: Stop-And-Frisk Goes On Trial

‘We Were Handcuffing Kids For No Reason’: Stop-And-Frisk Goes On Trial ‘We Were Handcuffing Kids For No Reason’: Stop-And-Frisk Goes On Trial

At the same time that Brooklyn residents poured into the streets over the killing of Kimani Gray, NYPD officers took the stand to describe the department's racist tactics.

Mar 28, 2013 / Ryan Devereaux

More Bullets Than Seconds: New Details from Tucson and Newtown

More Bullets Than Seconds: New Details from Tucson and Newtown More Bullets Than Seconds: New Details from Tucson and Newtown

Police respond very quickly to mass shootings, and bigger magazines means more deaths. 

Mar 28, 2013 / Blog / George Zornick

Obama Hiccups on Guest Workers

Obama Hiccups on Guest Workers Obama Hiccups on Guest Workers

We do know that a comprehensive immigration reform bill will soon surface. The trouble is, we don’t know what it will contain.

Mar 28, 2013 / Blog / Aura Bogado

Take the Oath: A Critic of Marriage Gets Teary

Take the Oath: A Critic of Marriage Gets Teary Take the Oath: A Critic of Marriage Gets Teary

What, to a critic of marriage, makes the ceremony itself so tear-worthy?

Mar 28, 2013 / Blog / Laura Flanders

Wayne LaPierre Is Winning

Wayne LaPierre Is Winning Wayne LaPierre Is Winning

Deride the NRA's spokesman all you want, but his group is close to gutting gun control legislation in Congress.

Mar 27, 2013 / Editorial / The Editors

Rape—Still No Joke

Rape—Still No Joke Rape—Still No Joke

Decades of work to change rape laws has done little to change culture.

Mar 27, 2013 / Editorial / Jessica Valenti

The Dark Side of DNA Evidence

The Dark Side of DNA Evidence The Dark Side of DNA Evidence

Collecting DNA upon arrest can identify the guilty and exonerate the innocent. But it also amounts to an expanding racial dragnet.

Mar 27, 2013 / Editorial / Jason Silverstein

The Passion and Eloquence of Anthony Lewis

The Passion and Eloquence of Anthony Lewis The Passion and Eloquence of Anthony Lewis

For more than three decades, he was perhaps the most prominent establishment voice for the antiwar, human rights and civil rights movements.

Mar 27, 2013 / Column / Eric Alterman

What Difference Will Same-Sex Marriage Make?

What Difference Will Same-Sex Marriage Make? What Difference Will Same-Sex Marriage Make?

Sooner or later, marriage equality will win. What happens to marriage then?

Mar 27, 2013 / Column / Melissa Harris-Perry

‘Roe’ Didn’t Incite the Culture Wars, and Neither Would a Supreme Court Ruling for Marriage Equality

‘Roe’ Didn’t Incite the Culture Wars, and Neither Would a Supreme Court Ruling for Marriage Equality ‘Roe’ Didn’t Incite the Culture Wars, and Neither Would a Supreme Court Ruling for Marriage Equality

The right to marry someone of the same sex is the most visible civil rights issue of the past decade. So why are even liberal-minded people encouraging the Court to punt?

Mar 27, 2013 / Jill Filipovic

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