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Articles tagged with law-and-justice
Liberalism cannot simply be extended to the uterus. Reproductive justice requires a vision of the social body.
The fight over the American Jobs Plan reflects a long history of competing visions of public works—and, most of all, who should benefit from rebuilding.
Arguments that kink has no place in a post-#MeToo Pride may appear reasonable, but celebrating public sexuality is an important step toward a future free of racism and homophobia.
East African countries host seven times more refugees than we do. Their policies look beyond their borders. So should ours.
The American Jobs Plan mirrors past efforts at affordable housing that contributed to our problems and failed Black Americans. We need to take housing out of the private market.
Not all research is at stake, however, only work that reveals the role of ethnic Poles in the persecution of Poland’s Jews.
The country has manipulated rules of engagement to serve its colonialist project in Palestine. Legal scholars must face this fact head on.
Activist Derecka Purnell interviews historian Elizabeth Hinton about her new book, America on Fire, and how the label “riot” discredits Black political demands.
The menthol cigarette citizen’s petition recalls the lost political tradition of petition democracy, when not only could the complaints of any citizen get a hearing, but that hearing would occur publicly—in Congress.
Detroit police killed hundreds of unarmed Blacks in response to the civil rights movement. Their ability to get away with it reveals why most of today’s proposals to make police more accountable are bound to fail, and how we can do better.
