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Reducing Racial Inequality in Our Justice System

Reducing Racial Inequality in Our Justice System Reducing Racial Inequality in Our Justice System

President Obama should follow Attorney General Eric Holder’s lead and commute the sentences of low-level drug offenders.

Aug 22, 2013 / Rep. Steve Cohen (Dem., TN)

DOJ to Texas: Voter Suppression Will Not Stand

DOJ to Texas: Voter Suppression Will Not Stand DOJ to Texas: Voter Suppression Will Not Stand

The Department of Justice is right to challenge the state’s discriminatory voter ID law. 

Aug 22, 2013 / Ari Berman

Americans Are Working Too Damn Hard

Americans Are Working Too Damn Hard Americans Are Working Too Damn Hard

We’ll march for jobs as well we should, but where do I line up for the march for leisure?

Aug 22, 2013 / Laura Flanders

Chris Paul: A Union Chief They Can’t Knock Off

Chris Paul: A Union Chief They Can’t Knock Off Chris Paul: A Union Chief They Can’t Knock Off

The point guard’s on-court ability insulates him from being banished by league executives and team owners who  like unions about as much as David Stern likes baggy jeans...

Aug 22, 2013 / Dave Zirin

On the Death of Democratic Higher Education

On the Death of Democratic Higher Education On the Death of Democratic Higher Education

As opportunities for becoming a college professor retreat, teaching college becomes the province of a proleterariat—and of a class of “gentleman scholars.”

Aug 21, 2013 / Rick Perlstein

Is Detroit’s Bankruptcy Filing Unconstitutional?

Is Detroit’s Bankruptcy Filing Unconstitutional? Is Detroit’s Bankruptcy Filing Unconstitutional?

Bond holders are at odds with municipal workers over who will bear the brunt of the city’s bankruptcy.

Aug 21, 2013 / Chris Hayes

Will There Be Justice for NYPD Victim Ramarley Graham?

Will There Be Justice for NYPD Victim Ramarley Graham? Will There Be Justice for NYPD Victim Ramarley Graham?

How the shooting death of the unarmed teenager sparked new activism against police violence in the Bronx.

Aug 21, 2013 / Lucy McKeon

In Chelsea Manning, We Finally Have a Scapegoat for the Iraq War

In Chelsea Manning, We Finally Have a Scapegoat for the Iraq War In Chelsea Manning, We Finally Have a Scapegoat for the Iraq War

A target that Republicans and Democrats can unite in vindictive harmony against.

Aug 21, 2013 / Chase Madar

Ending Stop-and-Frisk for Good

Ending Stop-and-Frisk for Good Ending Stop-and-Frisk for Good

How the New York City Council’s Community Safety Act stands the best chance of curtailing the NYPD’s most destructive racial profiling practices.

Aug 21, 2013 / Ross Tuttle and Stephen Maing

As the School Year Approaches, Students Protest in Philadelphia, Chicago and Rhode Island

As the School Year Approaches, Students Protest in Philadelphia, Chicago and Rhode Island As the School Year Approaches, Students Protest in Philadelphia, Chicago and Rhode Island

Across the country, students sit-in, mobilize and unionize for justice.

Aug 21, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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