Title IX Resonates Beyond Yale’s Walls Title IX Resonates Beyond Yale’s Walls
The federal investigation of Yale’s sexual climate will hopefully send a message to all universities and university students that rape will no longer be tolerated or excused. Even ...
Apr 11, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation
JoAnne Kloppenburg’s Election Is a Victory for Wisconsin JoAnne Kloppenburg’s Election Is a Victory for Wisconsin
Wisconsin's recent Supreme Court election should be a lesson for states across the country—and for the White House.
Apr 7, 2011 / Press Room
Will the Justice Department Stand Up for Women Raped in Prison? Will the Justice Department Stand Up for Women Raped in Prison?
A new law to address systemic sexual violence behind bars still fails to protect the health and rights of women who are assaulted.
Apr 7, 2011 / Rachel Roth
Justice for Betty Dukes and the Women of Wal-Mart? Justice for Betty Dukes and the Women of Wal-Mart?
If corporate America and right-wing libertarians get their way, thousands of female Wal-Mart employees will never get the substance of their case heard in court.
Mar 30, 2011 / Liza Featherstone
Ten Things to Abolish the Death Penalty Ten Things to Abolish the Death Penalty
Americans are rejecting capital punishment in greater numbers than ever before.
Mar 21, 2011 / The Nation
Documenting the Obama Administration’s ‘Gitmo in the Heartland’ Documenting the Obama Administration’s ‘Gitmo in the Heartland’
The Obama Administration has continued to operate Bush's legally-dubious detention centers for terrorism prisoners, but the opaque practices at these secret prisons deserve to be ...
Mar 18, 2011 / WNYC
Obama’s ‘War on Terror’ Obama’s ‘War on Terror’
Between indefinite detentions in Guantánamo and the treatment of Bradley Manning, President Obama has shown that the poisonous shards of Abu Ghraib are still with us.
Mar 10, 2011 / The Editors
Gitmo in the Heartland Gitmo in the Heartland
Inside the secret, mostly Muslim prisons that ban virtually all contact with the outside world.
Mar 10, 2011 / Feature / Alia Malek
License and Liberty License and Liberty
The Supreme Court has ruled that the Westboro Baptist Church can't be punished for picketing at funerals. Is this really a win for free speech?
Mar 10, 2011 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Still in the Dark About 9/11 Still in the Dark About 9/11
Ignorance is the real victor in the president’s decision to abandon the effort to bring the alleged perpetrators of the 9/11 terrorist attack to account in civilian court.
Mar 9, 2011 / Robert Scheer