The Real Story Behind ‘Orange is the New Black’ The Real Story Behind ‘Orange is the New Black’
Netflix’s new hit show aims to address inequality in the application of criminal justice.
Aug 14, 2013 / Chris Hayes
The Death Row Torture Of Warren Hill The Death Row Torture Of Warren Hill
When a prisoner faces the execution chamber four times in one year, is it not cruel and unusual punishment?
Aug 14, 2013 / Rania Khalek
Christie Is Facing Increased Pressure on Gun Bills Christie Is Facing Increased Pressure on Gun Bills
National voices in the gun control debate are pressuring New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on gun control.
Aug 13, 2013 / George Zornick
Ending Stop-and-Frisk, Keeping the Racism Ending Stop-and-Frisk, Keeping the Racism
The signature policy of the NYPD has been declared unconstitutional, but the racism that provided the justification for it is still alive and well.
Aug 13, 2013 / Mychal Denzel Smith
Did Racial Profiling Put an Unarmed Black Man in Jail in North Carolina? Did Racial Profiling Put an Unarmed Black Man in Jail in North Carolina?
Activists in Durham, North Carolina, have come together in support of Carlos Riley Jr. and against the racial policing they believe has put him behind bars.
Aug 13, 2013 / Prashanth Kamalakanthan
Restore Honor and Pardon Edward Snowden Restore Honor and Pardon Edward Snowden
When Obama announced a review of surveillance practices, he was compelled by Snowden’s heroic actions.
Aug 13, 2013 / Robert Scheer
Secret Recording of Stop-and-Frisk Makes it to Federal Court Secret Recording of Stop-and-Frisk Makes it to Federal Court
A federal judge's ruling calls the NYPD's controversial practice unconstitutional and racially discriminatory.
Aug 13, 2013 / Francis Reynolds
Fighting For the Right to Call Home Fighting For the Right to Call Home
There are over two million men and women incarcerated in the United States and most cannot afford to call their families.
Aug 12, 2013 / The Nation Video
North Carolina’s Sweeping Voter Suppression Law Is Challenged in Court North Carolina’s Sweeping Voter Suppression Law Is Challenged in Court
North Carolina’s worst-in-the-nation voter suppression bill challenged under Section 2 of Voting Rights Act.
Aug 12, 2013 / Ari Berman
Can Chris Christie Change the Gun Control Debate? Can Chris Christie Change the Gun Control Debate?
A series of gun bills are sitting on the desk of the New Jersey governor, who likes to project a law-and-order image, but who is ever-mindful of national Republican politics as he ...
Aug 7, 2013 / George Zornick