Just down the road from Lexington and Concord, American patriots scurried to defend their immigrant neighbors.
Civil Rights in America
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Trump Would Torch Magna Carta
For centuries, the writ of habeas corpus—a fundamental protection against unlawful imprisonment—has remained a core fixture of democratic governance. Suspending it would defy the Constitution, but Trump is weighing his options.
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Warrantless Spying Report Signals Expansion of Domestic Surveillance
Not only are more communications being swept up as part of the war on drugs, but dissenters against government activities could also be targeted.
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This One Weird Trick Could Keep the Feds Out of Your City
Three cities have canceled federal-state Joint Terrorism Task Force partnerships for intelligence-gathering, which are being wielded to suppress dissent in the Trump era.
Posted inWorking in America
Worker Rights Threatened at the Department of Labor
Elon Musk and Donald Trump want to make federal employees miserable on the job. Their latest trick: threaten criminal penalties for exercising free speech.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Is the Press Next?
Sooner or later, dictators shut down the free press. In America, that might not be so easy, but it pays to be prepared.
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The Anti-Immigration Majority Is a Mirage
Americans gradually bought the Republican sales pitch on immigration. Then they saw what it looks like in practice.
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Trump’s Orwellian Assault on Black History
How do you clean up the Black experience in America to gloss over the history of slavery and Jim Crow?
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Trump’s Simple Racism
The real targets of the war on DEI include civil rights enforcement, federal outlays that serve Black communities, and Black workers in and out of government.
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A Conversation With Randall Kennedy
How shall we redeem the deferred promise of civil rights and racial justice?