Law

International Criminal Court on Trial in Kenya

International Criminal Court on Trial in Kenya International Criminal Court on Trial in Kenya

Has the ICC struck a blow against impunity or heightened tensions—or both?

May 9, 2012 / Feature / Karen Rothmyer

If Charles Taylor Can Be Tried for War Crimes, Why Not Kissinger? If Charles Taylor Can Be Tried for War Crimes, Why Not Kissinger?

The former Liberian dictator abetted the atrocities of a proxy army. Henry Kissinger did the same in Indonesia/East Timor.

May 9, 2012 / Feature / Reed Brody

For Firing a Warning Shot, Florida Mother Faces Twenty Years in Prison For Firing a Warning Shot, Florida Mother Faces Twenty Years in Prison

Where was Florida's Stand Your Ground law for this victim of domestic violence?

May 7, 2012 / Melissa Harris-Perry

May Day 2012: Love in a Hopeless Place? May Day 2012: Love in a Hopeless Place?

May Day in New York was chaotic, creative and diffuse. Was it a glimpse of what’s to come? Or a the wreckage of what’s left on the left?

May 3, 2012 / Laura Flanders

Roger Williams, America’s First Rebel

Roger Williams, America’s First Rebel Roger Williams, America’s First Rebel

The founder of Providence was the first to see that religious freedom, and separation of church and state, was intimately connected with political freedom.  

May 2, 2012 / Feature / John M. Barry

A New Low in Attacks on Freedom of Speech A New Low in Attacks on Freedom of Speech

Tarek Mehanna got seventeen years in prison for translating a document.

Apr 25, 2012 / David Cole

New Videos Shed Light on Immigrant’s Brutal Death New Videos Shed Light on Immigrant’s Brutal Death

Mexican immigrant Anastasio Hernández Rojas was surrounded and brutally beaten by more than a dozen border patrol officials.

Apr 24, 2012 / Press Room

Supreme Court to Consider Arizona’s Immigration Law Supreme Court to Consider Arizona’s Immigration Law

Does Arizona’s immigration law go too far?

Apr 23, 2012 / Press Room

US Border Patrol’s Excessive Force [VIDEO] US Border Patrol’s Excessive Force [VIDEO]

The deaths of eight people along the US-Mexican border in two years raises questions about the US Border Patrol’s excessive use of force.

Apr 20, 2012 / Press Room

Could Governor Scott Walker Be Indicted Before June? Could Governor Scott Walker Be Indicted Before June?

There is a “huge fear” among Republicans that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker could be indicted before facing a recall election in June.

Apr 19, 2012 / Press Room

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