Law

Criminalizing Immigrants Shouldn’t Be a Business Opportunity

Criminalizing Immigrants Shouldn’t Be a Business Opportunity Criminalizing Immigrants Shouldn’t Be a Business Opportunity

But the private prison company GEO Group is making huge profits locking up immigrants who are often guilty only of the crime of being undocumented.

Oct 23, 2013 / Jesse Lava and Sarah Solon

How VAWA Could’ve Helped Daisy Coleman Get Justice

How VAWA Could’ve Helped Daisy Coleman Get Justice How VAWA Could’ve Helped Daisy Coleman Get Justice

Unfortunately, Justice Rehnquist’s conservative Supreme Court made sure it wouldn't.

Oct 22, 2013 / Jill Filipovic

Meet the Company That Makes Huge Profits From Locking Up Immigrants

Meet the Company That Makes Huge Profits From Locking Up Immigrants Meet the Company That Makes Huge Profits From Locking Up Immigrants

The SAFE Act would turn millions of undocumented immigrants into criminals overnight, a windfall for the private prison industry.

Oct 22, 2013 / NationAction

What Fine? Why JPMorgan Is Laughing All the Way to the Bank

What Fine? Why JPMorgan Is Laughing All the Way to the Bank What Fine? Why JPMorgan Is Laughing All the Way to the Bank

While $13 billion isn't chump change, it represents just half of the megabank’s profits last year.

Oct 22, 2013 / Robert Scheer

The $13 Billion JPMorgan Settlement Is a Good Start—Now Someone Should Go to Jail

The $13 Billion JPMorgan Settlement Is a Good Start—Now Someone Should Go to Jail The $13 Billion JPMorgan Settlement Is a Good Start—Now Someone Should Go to Jail

Will the Justice Department finally pursue criminal charges against the megabank for its long list of misdeeds?

Oct 21, 2013 / William Greider

Philly Cop Stops Black Man, Tells Him ‘All You Do Is Weaken the F—ing Country’

Philly Cop Stops Black Man, Tells Him ‘All You Do Is Weaken the F—ing Country’ Philly Cop Stops Black Man, Tells Him ‘All You Do Is Weaken the F—ing Country’

Even blatantly racist cops are still only operatives in a larger racist system.

Oct 18, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith

My Visit With Edward Snowden

My Visit With Edward Snowden My Visit With Edward Snowden

Although living in exile from the country he loves, Snowden is warm, centered and engaged and follows debates about surveillance with a keen legal acumen.

Oct 17, 2013 / Jesselyn Radack

Separate and Unequal Voting in Arizona and Kansas

Separate and Unequal Voting in Arizona and Kansas Separate and Unequal Voting in Arizona and Kansas

Two states want to create a two-tiered voting system reminiscent of the Jim Crow South.

Oct 15, 2013 / Ari Berman

Should It Cost Less to Get Out of Jail if You’re Rich?

Should It Cost Less to Get Out of Jail if You’re Rich? Should It Cost Less to Get Out of Jail if You’re Rich?

Thanks to the $14 billion commercial bail industry, we have two criminal justice systems: one for the rich and one for the rest of us.

Oct 15, 2013 / NationAction

Judge Who Framed Voter ID Laws As Constitutional Says He Got It Wrong

Judge Who Framed Voter ID Laws As Constitutional Says He Got It Wrong Judge Who Framed Voter ID Laws As Constitutional Says He Got It Wrong

Posner admits error in sustaining "a law now widely regarded as a means of voter suppression rather than fraud prevention."

Oct 15, 2013 / John Nichols

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