Law

Make CEOs Take Responsibility for Democracy-Warping Ads Make CEOs Take Responsibility for Democracy-Warping Ads

As someone who has written several books and dozens of major articles on judicial interventions in our politics, and who has covered literally hundreds of campaigns in every state ...

Feb 11, 2010 / John Nichols

Torture Lawyers on Trial? Torture Lawyers on Trial?

Spain is leading the charge to criminally investigate US government officials over torture.

Feb 11, 2010 / David Cole

Ron Unz, Latinos, Liberals, and Scholarship Ron Unz, Latinos, Liberals, and Scholarship

I was not surprised by "HisPANIC: the Myth of Immigrant Crime," Ron Unz's article in The American Conservative showing that Latinos in the US have a crime rate no higher...

Feb 11, 2010 / Katha Pollitt

Trials and Terror Trials and Terror

Four Republicans continue to misrepresent the rights of the accused "underwear" bomber--despite having been briefed on those rights on Christmas Day.

Feb 9, 2010 / Countdown

Do Terrorists Deserve Due Process? Do Terrorists Deserve Due Process?

Hayes debates Scarborough over the constitutional rights of terrorists.

Feb 9, 2010 / MSNBC

The Bogus Crime Wave The Bogus Crime Wave

A host of politicians and pundits would have you believe that Hispanic immigrants are to blame for an uptick in urban crime. They're wrong.

Feb 4, 2010 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

Antonin Scalia

Scalia v. The World: On Antonin Scalia Scalia v. The World: On Antonin Scalia

Who is the purest archetype of the conservative legal movement, Antonin Scalia or John Roberts?

Feb 4, 2010 / Books & the Arts / Michael O’Donnell

Working America’s Unwanted Jobs Working America’s Unwanted Jobs

Gabriel Thompson's book Working in the Shadows reveals what working like an immigrant in America is really like.

Feb 3, 2010 / MSNBC

Slide Show: Is 2010 the Year of Real Immigration Reform? Slide Show: Is 2010 the Year of Real Immigration Reform?

 

Feb 3, 2010 / Photo Essay / The Nation

Free Speech for People Free Speech for People

My colleague and friend John Nichols' new post appropriately lauds Rep. Donna Edwards' proposed legislation to redress the damage done by the Supreme Court in its decision in the ...

Feb 2, 2010 / Peter Rothberg

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