The ignoble American tradition of using “states’ rights” to trump real, fundamental human rights carries on with the Roberts Court’s decision gutting the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
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SCOTUS On the Wrong Side of Workplace Harassment
Two employment law rulings have made it more difficult for harrassed employees to lodge complaints.Â
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The Most Pro-Business Court Since the New Deal Strikes Again
It’s not exactly news that the Republican majority on the Supreme Court has been the consistent agent of powerful corporate interests. On Thursday, however, the Court provided us with a particularly striking example of this well-established phenomenon. In American Express v. Italian Colors the Court’s five Republican appointees bizarrely twisted the Court’s precedents to give […]
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Cops Gone Wild
Bad cops will keep sexually assaulting women they’re sworn to protect until we get stronger laws and better data on the number of victims.
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Cops Gone Wild
Bad cops will keep sexually assaulting women they’re sworn to protect until we get stronger laws and better data on the number of victims.
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Anonymous Is Interested in You
Hacktivists continue to carve out new modes of political action.
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Piers Morgan Tests Out AR-15, Looks Shaken
Morgan has said a lot of bone-headed things, but he’s on the right side of the gun debate.
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Our Customers Don’t Want a Pregnant Waitress
Having a family shouldn’t cost you your job. But it does.Â
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How to Vote Down Voter ID
Minnesotans defeat the GOP’s plan to restrict the franchise.
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Pen to Paper: Obama Signs Executive Orders on Gun Control
The President talks about the letters he received from kids across the nation after Newtown
