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Dark Day for Democracy: SCOTUS Allows Racially-Motivated Disenfranchisement of Texas Voters
Despite uncontested findings of purposeful discrimination in the GOP law, strict new Photo ID restrictions allowed to take effect.
A Little Shout of Joy: Supreme Court Lets Abortion Clinics Reopen, Easing Crisis of Access in Texas
Texas abortion clinics shuttered by a recent court ruling have been allowed to reopen after the US Supreme Court blocked part of an anti-choice law.
The Death Penalty, Missouri and the Continued Devaluing of Black Life
Death penalty states like Missouri have been treating their predominantly black death row prisoners like test subjects while protests over the worth of black life continue in Ferguson.
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Mass Incarceration Found Guilty
In “Mass Incarceration on Trial,” Jonathan Simon argues that a 2011 Supreme Court decision that will improve overcrowded conditions and neglect in California prisons may also have a positive …
A Tale of Two Alleged Iran Nuke Leakers
Sterling is accused of providing Risen classified information regarding Operation Merlin, a bungled CIA effort to deal Iran bad nuclear weapons information.
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Justice Ginsburg Wants “Equal Dignity” for Women in Court Decisions
Supreme Court rulings on gay rights are progressively pushing forward, while decisions related to women's equality are moving in the opposite direction, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg says.
The Crusade Against Reproductive Rights
Despite consistent public opinion to the contrary, conservatives and the religious right have patiently and relentlessly campaigned against Roe v. Wade for decades.
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SCOTUS in Review: Justice If You’re Rich, Powerful or a Christian
How far will we have to go before we can reverse the course set by this Court?
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US Groups Reject Anti-Gay Discrimination Bill Over Religious Exemption
Civil rights groups across the United States have withdrawn their support from a major legislative proposal that would outlaw workplace discrimination against sexual minorities, warning that recent legal developments …
What We Don’t Talk About When We Don’t Talk About Abortion
“I stayed silent about my abortion for four years. After the Supreme Court's new round of assaults on reproductive rights, I'm speaking out.”