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Clara Newton at her home outside Baltimore, holding a picture of her son Odell, who has been in prison for 41 years for a crime he committed when he was 16. State officials have recommended Odell for release three times since 1992, but he has not been freed. August 4, 2015.

The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration

Politicians are suddenly eager to disown failed policies on American prisons, but they have failed to reckon with the history.

by Ta-Nehisi Coates via The Atlantic on September 15, 2015

The Massive Liberal Failure on Race, Part III

The Civil Rights movement ignored one very important, very difficult question. It’s time to answer it.

by Tanner Colby via Slate on February 27, 2014

Unpopular Mandate

Why do politicians reverse their positions?

by Ezra Klein via The New Yorker on June 25, 2012

The Hispanic Challenge

The persistent inflow of Hispanic immigrants threatens to divide the US into two peoples, two cultures, and two languages.

by Samuel P. Huntington via Foreign Policy on October 28, 2009

Dead or Alive: Originalism as Popular Constitutionalism in Heller

Was the 2008 Heller decision a victory for originalism or a living Constitution?

by Reva B. Siegel via Yale Faculty Scholarship Series on January 1, 2008

Great Migration Debates: Keywords in Historical Perspective

The use of the word "immigrant" in contemporary debates often reflects a lack of understanding of U.S. immigration history.

by Donna Gabaccia via Social Science Research Council on July 28, 2006

The Myth of the Media's Role in Watergate

Journalists' role in uncovering the scandal may not have been as significant as we think.

by Mark Feldstein via HNN on August 30, 2004

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