Despite SCOTUS Ban, 15 States Still Have Not Passed Laws Ending Mandatory Life Without Parole for Juveniles Despite SCOTUS Ban, 15 States Still Have Not Passed Laws Ending Mandatory Life Without Parole for Juveniles
Two years after the Supreme Court ruled the practice unconstitutional, many states are still able to send children to die in prison without recourse.
Jun 25, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
We’ve Been Living in ‘1984’ Since 1921 We’ve Been Living in ‘1984’ Since 1921
That was when the Bureau of Investigation—the forerunner of today’s FBI—first opened a file on the magazine.
Jun 25, 2014 / David Cole
Supreme Court Issues a Forceful Ruling for Privacy in the Digital Age Supreme Court Issues a Forceful Ruling for Privacy in the Digital Age
The Court went to surprising lengths to affirm the idea that technological change demands a reconsideration of legal precedent—an assertion that could have significant implications...
Jun 25, 2014 / Zoë Carpenter
Can a Free Press Flourish Behind Bars? Can a Free Press Flourish Behind Bars?
For 127 years, prison newspapers have struggled to speak truth to the outside world.
Jun 25, 2014 / Wilbert Rideau and Linda LaBranche
Report: SWAT Teams Armed With Military Equipment Spend Most of Their Time Waging the Drug War Report: SWAT Teams Armed With Military Equipment Spend Most of Their Time Waging the Drug War
The ACLU finds that SWAT teams spend more time kicking down suspected drug offenders’ doors than rescuing hostages or stopping gunmen.
Jun 24, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
A Student Fears America’s Gun Laws A Student Fears America’s Gun Laws
“The slackening of state gun regulations has all the absurdity of a joke, but none of the humor.”
Jun 23, 2014 / StudentNation / Annika Neklason and StudentNation
Human Rights Groups Blast Obama’s Plan to Open New Immigrant Family Detention Centers Human Rights Groups Blast Obama’s Plan to Open New Immigrant Family Detention Centers
“We’re really concerned that these detention centers…will not be under compliance with international law.”
Jun 20, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
How ENDA Still Allows Discrimination Against LGBT Workers How ENDA Still Allows Discrimination Against LGBT Workers
The religious exemption in the current version of ENDA would enshrine the idea that LGBT equality is incompatible with the free exercise of religion.
Jun 20, 2014 / Tobias Barrington Wolff
This Is What an Overcrowded Holding Center for Migrant Children Looks Like This Is What an Overcrowded Holding Center for Migrant Children Looks Like
After weeks of denying access, Border Patrol officials finally let reporters look inside two controversial immigrant processing centers.
Jun 19, 2014 / Steven Hsieh
Jed Rakoff and the Lonely Fight for Wall Street Justice Jed Rakoff and the Lonely Fight for Wall Street Justice
The federal judge is waging a one-man war on bank-friendly SEC settlements.
Jun 18, 2014 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky