How ALEC Turned Prisoners into Corporate America’s Cheap Labor Force How ALEC Turned Prisoners into Corporate America’s Cheap Labor Force
What do breaded chicken patties, office chairs and cruise missiles used in Libya have in common? They are all made by America's 100,000-strong secret workforce: prisoners.
Aug 5, 2011 / Press Room
‘The Interrupters’—Stopping Violence Before It Spreads in Inner-City America ‘The Interrupters’—Stopping Violence Before It Spreads in Inner-City America
An interview with Steve James and Alex Kotlowitz, directors of a new documentary on the shocking prevalence of violent crimes in inner-city America.
Aug 2, 2011 / Ari Berman
Illinois Passes Bill For Undocumented Youth, Makes An Even Dozen State-Level DREAM Acts Illinois Passes Bill For Undocumented Youth, Makes An Even Dozen State-Level DREAM Acts
Yesterday, Gov. Pat Quinn (D) signed the Illinois DREAM Act into law.
Aug 2, 2011 / StudentNation / Micah Uetricht
HALTing the DREAM HALTing the DREAM
Rarely do two bills on the same issue appear in Congress with such diametrically opposed names and policy goals as the DREAM and HALT Acts.
Aug 1, 2011 / StudentNation / Zachary Newkirk
Michelle Alexander: End the Drug War, Face Jim Crow Michelle Alexander: End the Drug War, Face Jim Crow
The NAACP has just passed a historic resolution demanding an end to the War on Drugs.
Jul 31, 2011 / Laura Flanders
The Trouble With Tomatoes: Slave Labor (and That Cardboard Taste) The Trouble With Tomatoes: Slave Labor (and That Cardboard Taste)
South Florida is a terrible place to grow tomatoes—or to work in the tomato fields.
Jul 27, 2011 / Jon Wiener
How States Could Ban Abortion With ‘Roe’ Still Standing How States Could Ban Abortion With ‘Roe’ Still Standing
If the Supreme Court holds outrageously restrictive new abortion laws, abortion will effectively be impossible to obtain in states like Kansas and South Dakota—while technically le...
Jul 14, 2011 / Amanda Marcotte and Jesse Taylor
Slouching Towards Faux Slouching Towards Faux
From Dominique Strauss-Kahn to Casey Anthony to Rupert Murdoch, the media are debasing the public conversation—and therefore our democratic process.
Jul 13, 2011 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Driving While Immigrant Driving While Immigrant
As the Obama administration tries to salvage the Secure Communities program, governors and advocates alike are calling it what it is: racial profiling.
Jul 8, 2011 / Renée Feltz
Driving While Immigrant Driving While Immigrant
Salvador Licea shares his experience with the ICE Secure Communities Program.
Jul 8, 2011 / Stokely Baksh and Renée Feltz