Law

Why Obama’s Healthcare Law Is Constitutional

Why Obama’s Healthcare Law Is Constitutional Why Obama’s Healthcare Law Is Constitutional

The individual mandate is not a threat to fundamental liberties.

Mar 7, 2012 / David Cole

Protect Pregnant Women: Free Bei Bei Shuai

Protect Pregnant Women: Free Bei Bei Shuai Protect Pregnant Women: Free Bei Bei Shuai

Bad things happen when laws to protect fetuses are turned against the women who carry them.

Mar 7, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Where’s the Outrage Over the NYPD’s Spying Operation?

Where’s the Outrage Over the NYPD’s Spying Operation? Where’s the Outrage Over the NYPD’s Spying Operation?

For there to be any kind of change, outrage over the NYPD's spying operation will need to spread more broadly throughout the progressive community.

Mar 7, 2012 / The Nation

Obama Poised to Restrict Protest Rights Obama Poised to Restrict Protest Rights

A little-noticed bill would make it harder for protesters to demonstrate near federal officials. 

Mar 6, 2012 / George Zornick

How to Fund an American Police State How to Fund an American Police State

The government is spending real money on an imaginary war.

Mar 5, 2012 / Stephan Salisbury

Genocide on Trial in Guatemala Genocide on Trial in Guatemala

Finally, after years of persistent effort by courageous women activists, one of the world’s most brutal dictators has been indicted.

Feb 29, 2012 / Laura Carlsen

Of Deserts and Promised Lands: The Dream of Global Justice Of Deserts and Promised Lands: The Dream of Global Justice

Jenny Martinez and Kathryn Sikkink offer conflicting histories of the ascendency of international courts.

Feb 29, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Samuel Moyn

Obama’s Crackdown on Whistle-blowers Obama’s Crackdown on Whistle-blowers

Why have so many public workers been accused under the Espionage Act during Obama's presidency?

Feb 27, 2012 / Press Room

Student Privacy and the PATRIOT Act Student Privacy and the PATRIOT Act

More than a decade after Congress passed the PATRIOT Act, its varied implications are still unraveling.

Feb 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy

Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino

Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Is Anti-Latino

Would the GOP contenders feel the same about immigration if the folks trying to cross the border were Canadians?

Feb 24, 2012 / Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto

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