Justice

A new book examines battles over drag story hours and book bans through the lens of LGBTQ history.

Leading up to a 2004 debate about same-sex marriage, conservatives shifted their focus away from moral issues and toward arguments about children’s welfare.

Twenty-five years ago, protesters shut down the meeting of the World Trade Organization. At the time, it seemed very important. But is it now?

A new book on the famed 1920s court case traces a long-simmering culture war—and the fear that often drives both sides.

Stephen Breyer criticizes recent Supreme Court decisions and argues for a more pragmatic jurisprudence.

How women's liberation transformed America and why our understanding of 1963-1973 needs to include more voices.

Originalism is not so much an idea as a legal-industrial complex divided into three parts—the academic, the jurisprudential, and the political.

MAGA has been a largely white movement of non-urban people who seem to think that people unlike them are scary and that there is only safety in homogeneity.

An anti-Vietnam protest that resulted in the Supreme Court confirming that students are persons under the constitution.

How an unlikely American friendship should inspire diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Racist mobs attacked a 1949 concert in Peekskill, NY, raising anti-communist fervor and showing how hatred could gain legitimacy amid today’s political turmoil.

As protesters prepare for the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, a half-century old report provides lessons for preventing chaos.

Unlikely activist Don Baker scored a landmark win for gay rights in Texas 42 years ago this week.

The journey of America’s police force from a non-professional night watch to a highly visible and professional force.

Leaders in the 20th-century South faced violence and death for promoting voting rights; systemic failure enabled their killers to go unpunished.

One young conservative lawyer would lead a determined fight to maintain Lewis Powell’s blindfolded race neutrality.

The enslaved Prince Whipple acutely felt the contradiction between American ideals and his condition.

The history of sheriffs suggests we need to pay attention to what our local sheriffs do, vote in local elections, and choose our sheriffs wisely.

For the first time, men are permitted to compete in artistic swimming at the 2024 Olympics. But none will.

An excess of restrictions has taken a very real toll on the lives of everyday Americans. Their stories must be told.

A consideration of the evolution of Baldwin’s views on Zionism.

1934 world champion runner Zdenek Koubek, boxer Imane Khelif, and how far we haven’t come on gender in sports.

He committed mass murder at My Lai. He was also its fall guy.

A prison is a difficult thing to kill.

On October 6, 1923, Iowa State tackle Jack Trice lined up for the second half of a college football game. No one’s sure what happened in that third quarter.

Revisiting Meredith v. Fair, we get the inside story of how critical race theory was developed in the years after Brown v. Board of Education.

Consequences mattered to the Founders—and that meant early American judges upheld major gun restrictions.

What a long-dead, cartoonishly corrupt Texas bureaucrat can tell us about the nature of immigration enforcement and the U.S.-Mexico divide.

What would-be killers of the US commander in chief have in common is that they aren’t fervent ideologues; they’re outcasts.

American law should protect the right of individuals to engage in charitable acts.