“Civility” Does Not Lead to Equality
Discrimination is being kicked out of a restaurant for being transgender. Not for enabling policies that discriminate against being transgender.
Law
Will Justice Kennedy Let Us Eat Our Damn Cake?
The Supreme Court is split on yet another critical case on LGBTQ rights. The ruling will yield either an anti-discrimination precedent, or yet another slap in the face to civil rights.
Will General “Lock-Her-Up!” Flynn Get Everyone Locked Up?
The former national security adviser, who's pleaded guilty for lying to the FBI, promises to do the most damage to the Trump administration to date. But how much … and who's next?
What We Know So Far About the Mueller Indictments
Indictment charges for Manafort and Gates, a guilty plea from Papadopoulos—it seems like a promising start. But what does it all mean? Our legal adviser breaks it down.
The Fossil Fuel Industry Is This Generation’s Big Tobacco
Journalists, researchers, scientists, and lawyers are converging around the idea that fossil fuel companies are liable for climate change impacts. Will the cases stick?
Trump’s Federal Court Appointments Will Terrorize Us for Decades
He may be incompetent, but the Orange Menace is great at grifting, tweeting us to the brink of nuclear war—and filling federal benches with judges who liken abortion to slavery.
Is This How We Want to Get Rid of AG Sessions?
He's a racist, homophobic misogynist with a hatred for pot and a love of private prisons. And Trump wants him gone. Normally we would too, but times are anything but normal.
What Comes After a Trump Presidency?
Legal scholar Tobias Barrington Wolff identifies some of the crises that will likely accompany the end of this dangerous and unstable administration.
Now Teachers Can Paddle Students AND Have Them Arrested for Fighting
Missouri's new anti-school-fighting law is yet another way to perpetuate the school-to-prison pipeline and ensure a future of coercion and disenfranchisement for children of color.
SCOTUS Strikes Down Buffer Zones at Abortion Clinics Just When We Need Them Most
The unanimous vote says zones infringe on protesters' First Amendment rights. Since when do those cover intimidation and harassment?