Law and legislation

No Joe!

By Andrew Cockburn,

In the heart of the US Capitol there’s a small men’s room with an uplifting Franklin Delano Roosevelt quotation above the door. Making use of the facilities there after lunch…

Labor’s Last Stand

By Garret Keizer,

Having already determined in Citizens United that corporations are people, the Supreme Court decided in May that people, at least working people of vulnerable status, can be prevented from acting…

Flowers of Evil

By Michael Pollan,

Last season was a strange one in my garden, notable not only for the unseasonably cool and wet weather — the talk of gardeners all over New England — but…

Thought Police

From a ruling handed down in September by a Louisiana district court in Officer John Doe v. DeRay Mckesson et al. The anonymous Baton Rouge police officer filed suit last…

Pushing the Limit

By Alexandra Starr,

In the early Eighties, Andy King, the coach of the Seawolves, a swim club in Danville, California, instructed Debra Denithorne, aged twelve, to do doubles — to practice in the…

Rensselaer County, New York

By Lydia Davis,

The latest issue that has come before our village board is whether to add an animal-control regulation to the village laws. A member of the public has come to one…

Argyle, Texas

By Spike Johnson,

In June 2013, Governor Rick Perry signed into law the Protection of Texas Children Act, which authorized K–12 schools to designate employees who could carry weapons — and use them,…

Iowa City, Iowa

By Marilynne Robinson,

Like the country as a whole, Iowa has a Republican chief executive and a Republican-controlled legislature that creates problems where they need not exist, problems that look like the effects…

Crime and Punishment

By Andrew Cockburn,

Meeting with the leaders of NATO countries in May, President Trump chastised them sternly for their shortcomings as allies. He took the time, however, to make respectful reference to the…

Crime and Punishment

By Andrew Cockburn, on September 10, 2017

Will the 9/11 case finally go to trial? Read More

A Matter of Degrees

By Michael S. Collins,

According to the prophecy, we are in the last days when race will matter in the molding of American citizens. This particular prophecy was made in 2003 by Sandra Day…

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No Joe!

Labor’s Last Stand

Flowers of Evil

Thought Police

Pushing the Limit

Rensselaer County, New York

Argyle, Texas

Iowa City, Iowa

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment

A Matter of Degrees

September 2017