‘You Don’t Have to Comply’: US Attorney, 5 DOJ Lawyers Quit, Refuse to Drop Case Against NYC Mayor
Danielle Sassoon, who was the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, said in her resignation letter that dropping the case against Adams would violate her duty…
Princeton Students Head to Trial Nearly a Year After Gaza Encampment
Princeton students are heading to trial over charges from the school's Gaza solidarity encampment last spring. Despite intimidation from the university, the activists are insisting on defending their right to…
US Jury Holds Chiquita Liable for Colombian Death Squad’s Murder of Banana Workers
"The verdict does not bring back the husbands and sons who were killed," said one attorney, "but it sets the record straight and places accountability for funding terrorism where it…
Arizona’s 1864 Abortion Law Was Made in a Women’s Rights Desert – Here’s What Life Was Like Then
By Calvin Schermerhorn / The Conversation Dora Juhl, a 15-year-old teenager, walked into Dr. Rosa Goodrich Boido’s obstetrical practice in Phoenix in January 1918. Juhl wanted to end her pregnancy.…
Survivors of Oppenheimer’s Trinity Test Are Still Fighting for Justice and Recognition
Nearly 80 years after the first atomic test in New Mexico, a consortium of “downwinders” are documenting the bomb’s impact on their community and organizing for restitution.
As We Celebrate Independence, the US Stifles Freedoms Around the Globe
The U.S. has been a major force of violent repression globally that stamps out people’s hopes for freedom and justice.
Record Police Killings in 2022 Show Need to Continue Organizing for Abolition
Building power and transformation is about encouraging the grassroots while confronting a resilient carceral state.
Bail Reform Helps Countless People. Why Don’t We Hear More of Their Stories?
Personal narratives can help the public understand the benefits of bail reform, but telling these success stories presents its own share of challenges.
The Disturbing Reason the Uvalde Police Won’t Be Held Accountable
Thanks to an old Supreme Court case, Uvalde parents will have a hard time convincing courts to hold police liable for failing to protect their kids.
Hedges: Assange Affirms the Existence of Another Kind of Human Nature
Beyond his great public service with WikiLeaks, it is his unwillingness to surrender his integrity and dignity that is key to understanding why the powers that be continue to crucify…
Meet Jed Rakoff, the Judge Who Exposed the “Rigged Game”
“We have mass incarceration for the poor, and it’s totally hands-off for the rich, and that’s pretty hard to stomach.” Justice Jed Rakoff on his new book, and his famous…
The Supreme Court, Abortion, and the New Dred Scott
The Mississippi decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization will open up a new battle ground in abortion rights that parallels Dred Scott.
Gov. Newsom Orders Independent Investigation Into Kevin Cooper Case
Kevin Cooper was convicted of a 1983 quadruple murder and sentenced to death in a trial in which evidence that might have exonerated him was withheld from the defense.
We Desperately Need an Affordable Justice Act
In the United States of America, justice is only available to the few who can afford it —but it doesn't have to be this way.