Islamic NYU Students Host Town Hall To Address NYPD Surveillance Islamic NYU Students Host Town Hall To Address NYPD Surveillance
After the news broke that the NYPD had been monitoring them, NYU's Islamic Student Association gathered to demand the university president condemn the operation.
Jun 26, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
Media Quiz: Is the Supreme Court Ruling on Arizona’s Immigration Law a Glass Half Full or Half Empty? Media Quiz: Is the Supreme Court Ruling on Arizona’s Immigration Law a Glass Half Full or Half Empty?
It depends on which cable news channel you glanced at this morning.
Jun 25, 2012 / Leslie Savan
Healthcare and Scalia’s Broken Moral Compass Healthcare and Scalia’s Broken Moral Compass
As America awaits the Supreme Court’s decision on healthcare, it’s important to remember that what’s really on trial is humanity itself.
Jun 18, 2012 / Ilyse Hogue
The Outrage of Stop-and-Frisk Policing The Outrage of Stop-and-Frisk Policing
Growing public protest, along with two landmark lawsuits, may put an end to this dragnet policy that overwhelmingly targets young black and Latino men.
Jun 14, 2012 / David Cole
DOMA Declared Unconstitutional; Next Stop, Supreme Court DOMA Declared Unconstitutional; Next Stop, Supreme Court
What’s next for the Defense of Marriage Act?
Jun 1, 2012 / David Cole
Military Detention for Journalists Military Detention for Journalists
Why did Obama administration lawyers refuse to discount the possibility, even for First Amendment–protected speech?
May 23, 2012 / David Cole
Throwaway People: Teens Sent to Die in Prison Will Get a Second Chance Throwaway People: Teens Sent to Die in Prison Will Get a Second Chance
Trina Garnett accidentally set a fatal fire when she was 14. That was in 1976. Could today’s Supreme Court ruling against juvenile life without parole finally bring her home?
May 9, 2012 / Feature / Liliana Segura
Roger Williams, America’s First Rebel Roger Williams, America’s First Rebel
The founder of Providence was the first to see that religious freedom, and separation of church and state, was intimately connected with political freedom.
May 2, 2012 / Feature / John M. Barry
A New Low in Attacks on Freedom of Speech A New Low in Attacks on Freedom of Speech
Tarek Mehanna got seventeen years in prison for translating a document.
Apr 25, 2012 / David Cole
Occupy and the Right to Protest Occupy and the Right to Protest
Could litigation over the Occupy movement strengthen First Amendment rights for protesters?
Apr 13, 2012 / Laura Bolt