- September 2, 2014All sorts of painful new crowd control weapons could be coming soon to a protest near you.
- September 2, 2014This week, the state with the strictest voter ID law defends it in federal court.
- September 1, 2014One 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.
- August 27, 2014There 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.
- August 27, 2014Let'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.
- August 27, 2014The soul-searching that the country is going through in the wake of the turmoil in Ferguson, Missouri, echoes that of our past.
- August 26, 2014Call 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.
- August 26, 2014That they're policing a country with more guns than any other doesn't excuse brutal policing, but it helps explain cops' mindset.
- August 22, 2014Any time spent behind bars is harmful to individuals, families, and communities. In many cases, the use of jail makes society less safe.
- August 22, 2014Because of the persistence of racism and a relaxation of the fight against it, we are moving backwards. Ferguson is just the latest illustration.