Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power Justice Sotomayor Speaks Truth to (White) Power
The Justice’s dissent in the Michigan college admissions case identified an enduring element of white supremacy clinging to our democracy.
Apr 29, 2014 / William Greider
Corporate Religious Freedom Means Freedom to Discriminate Corporate Religious Freedom Means Freedom to Discriminate
If the Supreme Court rules that corporations have the right to free exercise of religion in the Hobby Lobby case, what happens to civil rights law?
Mar 25, 2014 / Michelle Goldberg
Challenge to Massachusetts ‘Buffer Zone’ Law Puts Clinic Access at Risk Challenge to Massachusetts ‘Buffer Zone’ Law Puts Clinic Access at Risk
At oral argument, members of the Supreme Court seemed suspicious that a thirty-five-foot buffer was necessary for safe entrance to reproductive health facilities.
Jan 22, 2014 / Emily Jane Goodman
Happy New Year, Losers Happy New Year, Losers
Thanks to Chief Justice John Roberts, millions of poor Americans won’t get health insurance.
Dec 31, 2013 / William Greider
Birth Control Coverage: It’s the Misogyny, Stupid Birth Control Coverage: It’s the Misogyny, Stupid
These cases are not about religious freedom or employer’s rights. They’re about misogyny.
Nov 26, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
‘After Tiller’: The Abortions No One Wants To Talk About ‘After Tiller’: The Abortions No One Wants To Talk About
The acclaimed documentary turns an compassionate lens on a complicated, multi-faceted issue.
Nov 5, 2013 / Laura Flanders
Texas Voter ID Law Discriminates Against Women, Students and Minorities Texas Voter ID Law Discriminates Against Women, Students and Minorities
Texas is a case study in the disastrous consequences of the Supreme Court’s decision that invalidated a key section of the Voting Rights Act.
Oct 23, 2013 / Ari Berman
How VAWA Could’ve Helped Daisy Coleman Get Justice How VAWA Could’ve Helped Daisy Coleman Get Justice
Unfortunately, Justice Rehnquist’s conservative Supreme Court made sure it wouldn't.
Oct 22, 2013 / Jill Filipovic
Separate and Unequal Voting in Arizona and Kansas Separate and Unequal Voting in Arizona and Kansas
Two states want to create a two-tiered voting system reminiscent of the Jim Crow South.
Oct 15, 2013 / Ari Berman
Judge Who Framed Voter ID Laws As Constitutional Says He Got It Wrong Judge Who Framed Voter ID Laws As Constitutional Says He Got It Wrong
Posner admits error in sustaining "a law now widely regarded as a means of voter suppression rather than fraud prevention."
Oct 15, 2013 / John Nichols