Criminal Justice

The Florida GOP’s Assault on Democracy

The Florida GOP’s Assault on Democracy The Florida GOP’s Assault on Democracy

Last fall, voters overwhelmingly passed a referendum giving the vote back to felons who complete their sentences. Now the legislature is trying to block it.

Jun 18, 2019 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

Tiffany Cabán

Tiffany Cabán Wants to Transform What It Means to Be a DA Tiffany Cabán Wants to Transform What It Means to Be a DA

The Queens candidate tells The Nation she would prosecute bad landlords, predatory lenders, and abusive employers—not black and brown communities.

Jun 13, 2019 / Q&A / Isabel Cristo

Central Park Five in 2012

Linda Fairstein Is Still Trying to Take Down the Central Park Five Linda Fairstein Is Still Trying to Take Down the Central Park Five

She’s using the media instead of the legal system, but her tactics are as corrupt as they were in 1989.

Jun 13, 2019 / Elie Mystal

Students at the University of the Philippines protest Duterte

In the Philippines, a Youth Movement Stands Between Duterte and Dictatorship In the Philippines, a Youth Movement Stands Between Duterte and Dictatorship

Duterte will take control of Congress, but his quest for more power must be stopped.

Jun 10, 2019 / Noah Flora

Mission Accomplished

The War Crimes Trump Can’t Pardon The War Crimes Trump Can’t Pardon

The president is considering pardons for military members accused of war crimes, but the officials responsible for our disastrous wars already have free passes.

Jun 7, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon

Migrants in New Mexico

A Trans Asylum Seeker Dies After Pleading to ICE for Medical Care A Trans Asylum Seeker Dies After Pleading to ICE for Medical Care

In a disturbing pattern, ICE won’t even count Johana Medina Leon’s death among those that occurred in its custody.

Jun 4, 2019 / Nathan Craig and Margaret Brown Vega

Julian Assange

Trump’s Charges Against Julian Assange Would Effectively Criminalize Investigative Journalism Trump’s Charges Against Julian Assange Would Effectively Criminalize Investigative Journalism

Ever since the Pentagon Papers case, an Espionage Act loophole has been waiting for a president thuggish enough to make use of it.

May 31, 2019 / Bruce Shapiro

La represión de Ecuador al aborto está encarcelando mujeres

La represión de Ecuador al aborto está encarcelando mujeres La represión de Ecuador al aborto está encarcelando mujeres

Durante décadas, fue considerado un asunto privado. Ahora, según una investigación de The Nation, las mujeres que terminan sus embarazos (de manera voluntaria o no) se enfrentan a ...

May 31, 2019 / Zoë Carpenter

Speak

Princeton Students Are Sitting In for Title IX Reform Princeton Students Are Sitting In for Title IX Reform

In many ways, the sit-in serves as the culmination of student outcry over the university’s treatment of sexual-harassment and assault cases.

May 13, 2019 / StudentNation / Jimin Kang

Jamie Raskin in the House

Has Donald Trump Committed High Crimes and Misdemeanors? Has Donald Trump Committed High Crimes and Misdemeanors?

Rep. Jamie Raskin, a noted constitutional scholar—and member of the House Judiciary Committee—discusses the question.

May 2, 2019 / John Nichols

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