All sorts of painful new crowd control weapons could be coming soon to a protest near you.

This week, the state with the strictest voter ID law defends it in federal court.

One way Obama can address the issue of income inequality is by giving low-wage federal workers the right to organize and bargain for fair working conditions.

There are reasons to celebrate, but there's still work to be done in areas such as pay equality, reproductive rights, voting rights and personal safety.

Let's hope that Michael Brown's death is the one that finally pierces the national conscience with the essential truth that racial violence kills people.

The soul-searching that the country is going through in the wake of the turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri, echoes that of our past.

Call it irony or call it a nightmare, but the “crisis” of Central American children crossing the US-Mexican border is now fading from the news.

That they're policing a country with more guns than any other doesn't excuse brutal policing, but it helps explain cops' mindset.

Any time spent behind bars is harmful to individuals, families, and communities. In many cases, the use of jail makes society less safe.

Because of the persistence of racism and a relaxation of the fight against it, we are moving backwards. Ferguson is just the latest illustration.