Civil rights

On Defense

By Sergio De La Pava,

Twenty-five years of fighting mass incarceration in court

Fighting Words

By Christopher Beha,

Ever since a New York Times newsroom revolt over a controversial op-ed, American media—if not American society at large—has been engaged in another round of debate about the limits of…

Visits from the Goon Squad

From behaviors of Little Rock, Arkansas, police, cited by the department since 2007. The internal reports were made public in October, following an investigation of the killing of Bobby Moore,…

Checkpoint Nation

By Melissa del Bosque,

Border agents are expanding their reach into the country’s interior

Political Football

By Kevin Baker,

With the fall and another election season upon us, the one thing we can count on is a renewal of Donald Trump’s war on football. This has become an annual…

Empty Suits

By Ian MacDougall,

Defamation law and the price of dissent

A Matter of Degrees

By Michael S. Collins,

America’s long struggle with affirmative action

Confirmation B.S.

From a quiz drafted by the police department of Long Beach, California, and used as part of a training presentation. The quiz was cited in a report by the A.C.L.U.…

Southern Harm

By William Faulkner,

We are faced with two apparently irreconcilable facts in the South: the one being the decree of our national government that there be absolute equality in education among all citizens,…

The Immunity Doctrine

By Julia Harte,

Can officials be held liable for the suffering they inflict?

Travel Clearances

From descriptions of incidents in which U.S. and U.K. airlines removed Muslims or passengers who were perceived to be Muslim from their flights. Read More

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