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Law & Justice, Politics

How Nations Heal

We cannot simply put the past behind us. The framework of transitional justice offers a promising path forward.

Colleen Murphy

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Law & Justice

Law & Justice, Philosophy & Religion

Teaching Philosophy on Death Row: An Interview with Lisa Guenther

This conversation is the tenth in the series, Trench Democracy: Participatory Innovation in Unlikely Places.

Albert W. Dzur

Arts in Society, Law & Justice

Racism: Dumb and Personal / Smart and Structural

Opponents often associate racism with ignorance. But intelligent people promote oppression through colorblindness.

Simon Waxman

Law & Justice

The Folly of Neoliberal Prison Reform

Racism ensures that blacks are vastly more likely than whites to be imprisoned. However, there is more to the story.

Marie Gottschalk

Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice

Elder Consent: The New Sex Panic?

One report on purported elder abuse describes victims as dependent captives “in highly sexualized environments.”

Judith Levine

Class & Inequality, Law & Justice

Corporate Welfare Is Draining Baltimore

We need to turn to the economic violence that attends police violence.

Lester Spence

Law & Justice, Race

Police Manipulate Freddie Gray Story Through Leak

One of the many disturbing dimensions of Freddie Gray’s death after riding in a Baltimore Police van is how little the public knows about the circumstances.

Simon Waxman

Law & Justice, Politics

Police Body Cameras Can't Replace Camera Phones

Body cameras and camera phones are constrained by different policies and laws.

Zachary Fine

Law & Justice, Politics

A Tale of Two Immigration Judgments

Federal courts have been busy scrutinizing the government’s handling of immigration.

Louis Fisher

Law & Justice, Politics

Don't Defund, Just Dismantle the Department of Homeland Security

Republicans are right to obstruct funding for DHS—but they're doing it for the wrong reasons.

Tom Barry

Law & Justice, Politics

With Immigration Plan, Obama Invited Legal Scrutiny

Even if Obama's immigration measure gets past procedural obstacles, it may be quickly revoked.

Louis Fisher

Law & Justice, Race

Why We Tolerate Biased Policing

Tragically, it may be unrealistic to expect Americans—including police—to ignore race.

Richard T. Ford

Law & Justice, Race

Americans Love King Because They Don't Understand Him

We should celebrate the actual King and his radicalism rather than the inoffensive persona created to serve the status quo.

Simon Waxman

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