Law

Prison Sentencing

Is Every Sentence a Life Sentence? Is Every Sentence a Life Sentence?

Around 1.3 million Americans are currently incarcerated, and they will continue to be punished long after their release.

May 23, 2022 / StudentNation / Dylan Cohen and Dexter Peters

Insurrectionist Doug Mastriano Should Be Barred From the Pennsylvania Ballot

Insurrectionist Doug Mastriano Should Be Barred From the Pennsylvania Ballot Insurrectionist Doug Mastriano Should Be Barred From the Pennsylvania Ballot

Details of Mastriano’s involvement with the coup attempt are overwhelming—and disqualify him under the 14th Amendment, argue constitutional lawyers.

May 23, 2022 / John Nichols

Active Shooters Active Shooters

America gets the call.

May 20, 2022 / Steve Brodner

George W. Bush at a baseball game

George W. Bush Stumbles Into a Moment of Truth George W. Bush Stumbles Into a Moment of Truth

The former president’s gaffe reminds us that his launching of a criminal war still demands justice.

May 20, 2022 / Jeet Heer

Woman touches memorial for Buffalo shooting

“We Are Not Terrified. We Are Tenacious.” “We Are Not Terrified. We Are Tenacious.”

Life against death in Buffalo.

May 20, 2022 / JoAnn Wypijewski

March for Reproductive Rights

There’s No Place for Bystanders in the Coming Abortion Battle There’s No Place for Bystanders in the Coming Abortion Battle

Sixty years ago, it seemed remarkably clear how crucial it was that men stop leaving women to face this nightmare essentially alone—and it still does.

May 20, 2022 / Robert Lipsyte

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

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