The Ninth Circuit ruled in favor of the administration’s domestic gag rule, making it harder to receive and consult on reproductive health.
Law & Justice
Posted inWorking in America
The Biggest Abuser of Forced Arbitration Is Amazon
With 2.5 million third-party sellers, it’s the largest employment-related class barred from using courts for complaints, and confined to the online retailer’s private law.
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Win for Cheap Alcohol, a Loss for Democracy
A Supreme Court ruling nullifies a core piece of the 21st Amendment: state control of alcohol markets.
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Response to Aaron Freedman
PEN America argues that conservatives are not the only ones concerned with free speech on campus; Aaron Freedman responds.
Posted inLaw and Justice
A Split Decision at the Supreme Court—Which Might Not Be Split for Long
The justices deny relief from gerrymandering, and hold up the citizenship question on the census … for now.
Posted inLaw and Justice
The Anti-Entrenchment Agenda
Entrenched power is the problem. What can be done about it?
Posted inLaw and Justice
Why Should We Care About Faux Free-Speech Warriors? Because the Koch Brothers Are Paying Their Bills.
Money from the Koch network is finding its way into the hands of the loudest online promoters of free speech—or at least, free speech for conservative viewpoints.
Posted inLaw and Justice
California Ramps Up College Education Behind Bars
Prisons have been called universities of crime. What if they became, instead, actual universities?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Voting Rights Aren’t a ‘Power Grab,’ They’re Critical to a Functioning Democracy
This isn’t about partisanship: It’s about systemic racism.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Texas Detention Players Ramp Up Trump’s For-Profit ‘Baby Jails’
A Texas court ruling on child-care providers offers the Trump administration a way around protections for underage migrants.