The Cruel and Unusual Punishment of Doyle Lee Hamm The Cruel and Unusual Punishment of Doyle Lee Hamm
The State of Alabama was warned that its planned execution of Hamm would be painful and torturous. It kept going anyway.
Mar 2, 2018 / Jake Bittle
SCOTUS Leaves DACA in Place—for Now SCOTUS Leaves DACA in Place—for Now
In a setback for the Trump administration, the Supreme Court declined to take a case that would determine the fate of Dreamers.
Feb 26, 2018 / Julianne Hing
How Should We Talk About Donald Trump’s Brain? How Should We Talk About Donald Trump’s Brain?
The drive to pathologize Trump isn’t going away, and neither, alas, is he.
Feb 13, 2018 / David M. Perry
Paul Ryan and Devin Nunes Are Betraying the Constitution in the Service of Donald Trump Paul Ryan and Devin Nunes Are Betraying the Constitution in the Service of Donald Trump
The Speaker of the House has abandoned his duty to defend the authority of the House in order to serve as an agent of the president.
Feb 2, 2018 / John Nichols
A Conversation With Richard Falk, Part 2 A Conversation With Richard Falk, Part 2
On Israel, Palestine, and his work as a UN special rapporteur.
Jan 31, 2018 / Patrick Lawrence
How the Courts Have Stymied Trump How the Courts Have Stymied Trump
Along with citizen activism, they have proven to be an important safeguard of constitutional liberty—but the Supreme Court has yet to weigh in.
Jan 30, 2018 / David Cole
Congress Must Censure Donald Trump’s Bigotry Congress Must Censure Donald Trump’s Bigotry
Two members of Congress have proposed a necessary accountability move.
Jan 18, 2018 / John Nichols
Martin Luther King’s Call to ‘Give Us the Ballot’ Is As Relevant Today as It Was in 1957 Martin Luther King’s Call to ‘Give Us the Ballot’ Is As Relevant Today as It Was in 1957
And that’s a mark of how endangered voting rights are right now.
Jan 15, 2018 / Barbara Arnwine and John Nichols
Democratic Defections Allow an Assault on Civil Liberties to Pass the House Democratic Defections Allow an Assault on Civil Liberties to Pass the House
If all Democrats had opposed the FISA Amendments and Reauthorization Act, they could have united with libertarian-leaning Republicans to block it.
Jan 12, 2018 / John Nichols
My Client Has Spent More Than a Third of His Life Imprisoned in Guantánamo My Client Has Spent More Than a Third of His Life Imprisoned in Guantánamo
Now, 16 years after the prison opened, Sharqawi Al Hajj has joined a legal challenge to end his indefinite detention.
Jan 12, 2018 / Pardiss Kebriaei