Law

Repairing Our Broken Justice System Repairing Our Broken Justice System

We need to change the sorry frame of the debate over judges and the role the judicial system plays in our democracy.

Sep 16, 2009 / Feature / Gara LaMarche

Vigilantes: Free to Roam? Vigilantes: Free to Roam?

Our investigation into the shootings of African-Americans in the days after Hurricane Katrina seems to have gotten the feds' attention; but in New Orleans, the wheels of justice ha...

Sep 2, 2009 / Esther Kaplan

Planet Cheney and the Secret Government Planet Cheney and the Secret Government

The Nation's Chris Hayes calls for a wide-ranging investigation of torture policies similar to the Church Committee of the 1970s.

Sep 1, 2009 / The Rachel Maddow Show

Cheney Continues to Defend False Truths Cheney Continues to Defend False Truths

The Nation's Jeremy Scahill criticizes the former vice president's recent defense of torture and the media outlets who let him get away with it.

Sep 1, 2009 / Countdown

My Lai and Lockerbie Reconsidered My Lai and Lockerbie Reconsidered

The eerie confluence of the tales of two convicted mass murderers, Abdel Baset al-Megrahi and William Calley--and their fates.

Aug 31, 2009 / Nick Turse

Katrina’s Hidden Race War: Four Years Later Katrina’s Hidden Race War: Four Years Later

A segment on Anderson Cooper 360 investigates the white vigilante justice that tore through New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Aug 28, 2009 / CNN

Aborn for Manhattan DA Aborn for Manhattan DA

An experienced prosecutor who knows that prevention is the best crime-fighting strategy, Aborn has fought for drug-law reform and sensible gun-control.

Aug 26, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Richard Aborn for Manhattan DA Richard Aborn for Manhattan DA

An experienced prosecutor who knows that prevention is the best crime-fighting strategy, Aborn has fought for drug-law reform and sensible gun-control.

Aug 24, 2009 / Katrina vanden Heuvel

Gun-Toting Town Hall Tactics Gun-Toting Town Hall Tactics

Americans who've been bringing guns to public meetings about healthcare reform are really just responding to a media-wide casting call for crazies.

Aug 21, 2009 / Dan Bischoff

Class, Not ‘Race’ Class, Not ‘Race’

No racial profiling took place with Henry Louis Gates Jr.; it's not the "teachable moment" for which many are so understandably eager.

Jul 29, 2009 / Column / Eric Alterman

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