Law

If These Walls Could Talk

If These Walls Could Talk If These Walls Could Talk

Women’s right to choose is under attack again.

May 19, 2022 / OppArt / Holly Ballard Martz

The Disastrous History of Rikers

The Disastrous History of Rikers The Disastrous History of Rikers

How a failed agenda of jail reform produced one of the country's most infamous penal colonies.

May 19, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Kay Gabriel

Time to End the West’s Xenophobic Double Standard on Refugees

Time to End the West’s Xenophobic Double Standard on Refugees Time to End the West’s Xenophobic Double Standard on Refugees

Racism lowers the floor for how all people are treated. But it’s not too late to change.

May 18, 2022 / Khury Petersen-Smith and Azadeh Shahshahani

Mass Shooting in Buffalo, N.Y.

Mass Shooting in Buffalo, N.Y. Mass Shooting in Buffalo, N.Y.

White supremacist targets African Americans (10 dead, several injured).

May 18, 2022 / OppArt / Andrea Arroyo

Abortion rights activist holding sign

The Supreme Court and the Church: A Conversation With Frances Kissling The Supreme Court and the Church: A Conversation With Frances Kissling

In the wake of the Supreme Court leak, the former president of Catholics for a Free Choice discusses the moral obligation to take care of women in need of abortions.

May 18, 2022 / Q&A / Claudia Dreifus

Protesters in Bogota, Colombia, on International Women's Day

Gleaning Hope From Latin America’s Abortion Rights Revolution Gleaning Hope From Latin America’s Abortion Rights Revolution

After centuries of living under some of the most draconian abortion laws imaginable, millions of women in Latin America now have access to legal abortion. How did they do it?

May 18, 2022 / Omar G. Encarnación

Police officer outside grocery store shooting site in Buffalo

The US Needs a Better Gun Policy. Democrats Can Make It Happen. The US Needs a Better Gun Policy. Democrats Can Make It Happen.

The gun control movement faces many challenges, but advocates’ passion is rising.

May 17, 2022 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

The Supreme Court Just Streamlined the Process for Bribing Senators

The Supreme Court Just Streamlined the Process for Bribing Senators The Supreme Court Just Streamlined the Process for Bribing Senators

Ted Cruz manufactured a case to upend anti-corruption provisions, and it worked.

May 17, 2022 / John Nichols

Portraits of Cowardice: SCOTUS Poised to Overturn “Roe v. Wade”

Portraits of Cowardice: SCOTUS Poised to Overturn “Roe v. Wade” Portraits of Cowardice: SCOTUS Poised to Overturn “Roe v. Wade”

Portraits of Sam Alito, Brett Kavanaugh and Lindsey Graham, Susan Collins, Jeff Flake, Lisa Murkowski, and Joe Manchin.

May 17, 2022 / OppArt / Colleen Quinn

How Economic Sanctions Shaped Today’s Global Powers

How Economic Sanctions Shaped Today’s Global Powers How Economic Sanctions Shaped Today’s Global Powers

A conversation with Nicholas Mulder on the evolution and history of sanctions, his new book The Economic Weapon, and the role sanctions play after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

May 17, 2022 / Q&A / Pablo Pryluka

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