Justice

We use the term "witch hunt" to describe baseless accusations. It's actually about targeting those without power.

Some cities are trying to help poor children succeed by having their families move to middle-income, "opportunity areas" -- an idea once politically impossible.

The legal academy has grown dismissive of Justice O’Connor, but the Supreme Court is not a law school faculty workshop. She saw herself as a problem-solver.

It’s time to fight for the original and heretofore unachieved goals of the women’s movement.

Two new books tell the stories of people kidnapped and sold into slavery. One of them sued successfully.

Soldiers who had fought in Vietnam weren’t pitted against an anti-war movement — in fact, many were actually part of it.

Who gets to decide what the Constitution really means?

Indian boarding schools held Native American youth hostage in exchange for land cessions.

Agitprop, Israel, and the shape of the world after WWII.

Becoming an agency that wouldn't dream of advertising on Breitbart will require deep changes.

Five years since its inception, a look at what the Black Lives Matter movement accomplished and the important work it left unfinished.

The U.S. had its own anti-car movement, led largely by women, before the Dutch "Stop de kindermoord" movement of the 1970s.

The complicated privilege of forming a new constituency.

The 1930s Socialist Party is often seen as a marginal force, but its successes laid the groundwork for the next generation of organizing.

The policy of "prevention through deterrence" has been deadly.

Martin Scorsese's new film is premised on a confession that is not credible.

A new digital archive from UVA Carter G. Woodson Institute and Center for Digital Editing explores the late Civil Rights leader’s life, legacy, and writings.

How three late 19th century equality movements failed to promote equality.

Are whistleblowers heroes or traitors? It depends who you ask.

How the United States created the largest immigrant detention system in the world.

A new book discusses the black nationalism at the heart of Thomas’s conservative jurisprudence.

An upcoming Supreme Court case will test the "not guilty by reason of insanity" plea.

It was a setup: a stratagem worthy of wily Ulysses himself.

From the Framers on, Americans have understood our fundamental law to oppose ownership of persons.

She was a high-schooler in Iowa more than 150 years ago.

The historical context of the amendments passed in the wake of the Civil War, Eric Foner argues, are widely misunderstood.

The $2,500 verdict, the largest ever of its kind, offers evidence of the generational impact such awards can have

What we can learn from him and his legacy.

The fundamental division between “dope” and medicine has always been the race and class of users.

Because cycling was an important mode of transportation for agricultural workers and a popular competitive sport, police saw it as a way to target immigrants.