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Civil Rights in America
Posted inLaw and Justice
From Qualified Immunity to Voting Rights, the Supreme Court Guts Civil Rights Laws
The Court’s right-wingers elevate the rights of government officials over those it is constitutionally required to defend.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Restorative Justice Requires an ‘All-of-the-Above Approach’
A conversation with Alvin Bragg, New York City’s next top prosecutor
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The New Freedom Rides
Sixty years ago, activists boarded buses to ride through the South to demand voting rights for Blacks. Today, their successors have been compelled to do it again.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Return of Freedom Summer
Amid stalled voting rights legislation in Congress, mass mobilization may be needed to provoke action.
Posted inBooks
Minority Rule
Given the Republican ferocity in trying to destroy basic rights, the road back to democracy is not civic but political.
Posted inPolitics
Jim Clyburn Undercuts the Democratic Police Reform Bill
In the middle of negotiations over eliminating qualified immunity for police officers, Clyburn says it’s not needed for the overall bill.
Posted inPolitics
Can a ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Candidate Win New York’s Democratic Mayoral Primary?
To progressives’ dismay, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, a hard-line cop supporter, is running strong.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Stripping the Courts’ Jurisdiction
The fundamental solution to politicized judges’ power is to limit courts’ power, as the Constitution clearly permits.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Incremental, Inadequate Changes That Nonetheless Led to the Chauvin Conviction
Minneapolis’s former mayor says they weren’t enough, but they were essential.