Law

Abortion access

If Women Were Less Poor, Would There Really Be Fewer Abortions? If Women Were Less Poor, Would There Really Be Fewer Abortions?

Reducing poverty and lowering the abortion rate are two different things—for a reason.

Jun 7, 2016 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Is the Supreme Court’s Role Overstated?

Is the Supreme Court’s Role Overstated? Is the Supreme Court’s Role Overstated?

In Engines of Liberty, David Cole trains a light on civil society as a more reliable agent of constitutional change.

Jun 3, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

Asking for a Friend: I’m Doing Good Things With My Wealth. Why Do I Still Feel So Guilty?

Asking for a Friend: I’m Doing Good Things With My Wealth. Why Do I Still Feel So Guilty? Asking for a Friend: I’m Doing Good Things With My Wealth. Why Do I Still Feel So Guilty?

And another woman contemplates marrying her European boyfriend for his healthcare.

Jun 3, 2016 / Liza Featherstone

EU and UK Flags

Should We Stay or Should We Go? A Debate Over Brexit Should We Stay or Should We Go? A Debate Over Brexit

Four Brits let us know.

Jun 2, 2016 / Helen Lewis, Jon Cruddas, Harris Beider, and Tariq Ali

Michael Hayden

Michael Hayden Played Right Up to the Edge of Legality—and Then Took a Big Leap Off Michael Hayden Played Right Up to the Edge of Legality—and Then Took a Big Leap Off

In his new memoir, the former director of the NSA and the CIA shows how his many failures were followed, one after the next, by promotions.

Jun 1, 2016 / Books & the Arts / James Bamford

Chicago gun violence

What Black Americans Say About ‘Black-on-Black’ Gun Violence What Black Americans Say About ‘Black-on-Black’ Gun Violence

We understand that police violence and gun crimes are two parts of the same systemic problem. If only news media saw that, too.

Jun 1, 2016 / Spencer Overton

Supreme Court

The Supreme Court Didn’t Fix Racist Jury Selection The Supreme Court Didn’t Fix Racist Jury Selection

Timothy Foster got justice, but prosecutors still have wide leeway to exclude black jurors.

May 31, 2016 / Kami Chavis

Congress Democrats

Democratic Leadership Is Missing in Action on Mass Incarceration Democratic Leadership Is Missing in Action on Mass Incarceration

Sentencing reform will be a compromise between moderate and conservative Republicans, unless Democrats finally come to the table.

May 31, 2016 / Inimai M. Chettiar and Ames Grawert

Debbie Wasserman Schultz and Reince Priebus

Tell Democratic and Republican Leaders to Get On Board With Ending Mass Incarceration Tell Democratic and Republican Leaders to Get On Board With Ending Mass Incarceration

Past party platforms have not only failed to call for reform—they’ve championed tougher punishments.

May 31, 2016 / NationAction

Bus

Amnesty International Calls for an End to the ‘Nordic Model’ of Criminalizing Sex Workers Amnesty International Calls for an End to the ‘Nordic Model’ of Criminalizing Sex Workers

Amnesty International has called on Norway to end the criminalization of sex workers, in a report released this week.

May 26, 2016 / Melissa Gira Grant

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