Recent efforts to restore voting rights to the formerly incarcerated, a crucial Democratic constituency, could have important…
The cherished legal rights that Beijing seeks to suppress in Hong Kong were established, in part, by Vietnamese asylum-seekers…
President Trump has warned that he will send the military into states to curb protests. Is Trump’s warning bluster? Or…
Half a century after the federal government voided Jim Crow laws, the criminal justice system still discriminates against…
The militarization of local police departments has been associated with an increase in police violence against citizens.
The United States Postal Service plays a vital role in US civic life, one that helped shape American society more than 250…
A biographer of George Washington says that the father of the country would have no problem wearing the kind of protective…
Many law enforcement agencies fail to adequately investigate misconduct allegations and rarely sustain citizen complaints.…
Opinions about demonstrations are formed in large part by what people read or see in the media. This gives journalists a…
American ambivalence about government has left the courts to play an outsized role responding to public health crises like…
Laws enabling citizens to apprehend suspects, which date back to medieval England, were historically used in the US to suppress…
The US and Canada have had a long, supportive relationship. But the recent closure of the US-Canada border because of the…
In Mexico City, feminist groups spray-painted the names of Mexico's murdered women on the pavement of the Zócalo, the…
The US has a centuries-old tradition of killing black people without repercussion – and of publicly viewing the violence.…
When other posts have presented misinformation, the company simply removed the tweets, but Trump is being treated differently.
The U.S. suicide rate has been increasing for decades. According to a sociologist who studies suicide, depression is just…
Even those of us spared the worst of COVID-19 are missing our favorite pastimes, places and people. But pleasure can also…
In the 10 years leading up to 2016, the rate of prisoner mortality rose by 15%. End-of-life options can be limited for inmates.
Low-income and minority groups are often reliant on cheaper modes of transport, but many find cycling to work problematic.
When people are hungry or not sure where their next meal is coming from, they get angry at their governments. This gives…