Miguel Sanchez is the Majority Whip of the Providence City Council from Ward 6 and an outspoken activist for Palestinian freedoms. In October 2023, Sanchez was fired from his position in Governor Daniel McKee’s office after protesting Israel’s ac...
Picture this: After years of waiting for your immigration hearing, you finally step into the courtroom. You take your seat, ready to share your story—and then realize you cannot understand anything that is happening. The interpreter’s voice is mu...
Since his name entered contention as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, Tim Walz mania has swept the Democratic Party. One CBS poll found that 60 percent of Democratic voters were enthusiastic about the pick, while another 35 percent were...
In 2003, Raul Valdez, a Mexican immigrant and lawful permanent resident of the United States, was convicted of cannabis-related drug charges. Valdez served 60 days in jail; had he been a citizen this would have been the end of the affair. But in 2014...
In 2003, Raul Valdez, a Mexican immigrant and lawful permanent resident of the United States, was convicted of cannabis-related drug charges. Valdez served 60 days in jail; had he been a citizen this would have been the end of the affair. But in 2014...
Eleven states have laws that require police departments to sell all confiscated weapons. Some sell to licensed dealers, others put them up for auction, but the end result is the same: These ownerless guns return to the public. Reselling guns to the p...
Eleven states have laws that require police departments to sell all confiscated weapons. Some sell to licensed dealers, others put them up for auction, but the end result is the same: These ownerless guns return to the public. Reselling guns to the p...
In 2012, Scott Gandy walked into an Army recruitment office in North Carolina. Asked if he had any tattoos, Gandy revealed several large chest tattoos, all logos and artwork related to the rap group Insane Clown Posse (ICP). The sergeant told him to ...
In 2012, Scott Gandy walked into an Army recruitment office in North Carolina. Asked if he had any tattoos, Gandy revealed several large chest tattoos, all logos and artwork related to the rap group Insane Clown Posse (ICP). The sergeant told him to ...
When Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, threw his hat into the presidential race, he was widely expected to be to the left of Hillary Clinton on every issue. But Sanders, like many other populist, rural, progressives, holds one po...
When Bernie Sanders, a self-described democratic socialist, threw his hat into the presidential race, he was widely expected to be to the left of Hillary Clinton on every issue. But Sanders, like many other populist, rural, progressives, holds one po...
The Political Theory Project hosts Bernard Harcourt, from Columbia Law School, and Naomi Murakawa, from Princeton University. Together, they present alternative narratives about mass incarceration in America....
The Political Theory Project hosts Bernard Harcourt, from Columbia Law School, and Naomi Murakawa, from Princeton University. Together, they present alternative narratives about mass incarceration in America....
The shooting at Umpqua Community College is not going to lead to gun regulations. Neither will the shootings of the five people killed in Florida and Maryland the following day, and neither will the ones that are undoubtedly soon to come. Fear n...
The shooting at Umpqua Community College is not going to lead to gun regulations. Neither will the shootings of the five people killed in Florida and Maryland the following day, and neither will the ones that are undoubtedly soon to come. Fear n...
At 12:20 a.m. on September 29, 2015, Kelly Gissendaner was just one of the 53 women on death row throughout the United States. The next minute, that number was reduced by one after her execution for conspiring with Greg Owen, her lover, to kill her t...
At 12:20 a.m. on September 29, 2015, Kelly Gissendaner was just one of the 53 women on death row throughout the United States. The next minute, that number was reduced by one after her execution for conspiring with Greg Owen, her lover, to kill her t...
Slain five-year-olds, lethal movie premiers, massacred students: American citizens have become numb to these tragedies as they experience the routine consequences of nearly nonexistent gun control. Each tremor of terror sent through the country with ...
Slain five-year-olds, lethal movie premiers, massacred students: American citizens have become numb to these tragedies as they experience the routine consequences of nearly nonexistent gun control. Each tremor of terror sent through the country with ...
Nearly three times as many Americans per year are dying from overdoses on painkillers and prescription drugs today than in 2001. Over the 14-year time period, heroin-related deaths have increased fivefold. But the American drug problem doesn’t sto...
Nearly three times as many Americans per year are dying from overdoses on painkillers and prescription drugs today than in 2001. Over the 14-year time period, heroin-related deaths have increased fivefold. But the American drug problem doesn’t sto...
Unless you have been completely removed from American political discourse and the news media, for the last few weeks, you have surely heard the name Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk whose unlawful and indignant refusal to issue marriage licenses ...
Unless you have been completely removed from American political discourse and the news media, for the last few weeks, you have surely heard the name Kim Davis, the Kentucky county clerk whose unlawful and indignant refusal to issue marriage licenses ...
This article was written in response to the Political Theory Project’s Constitution Day lecture on The Right to Face Your Accuser: Child Abuse and the Sixth Amendment. Should courts treat a child’s testimony the same way they treat nonhuman e...
This article was written in response to the Political Theory Project’s Constitution Day lecture on The Right to Face Your Accuser: Child Abuse and the Sixth Amendment. Should courts treat a child’s testimony the same way they treat nonhuman e...
Charles Blow is the Visual Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times, where his weekly column appears every Saturday. Blow’s columns tackle hot-button issues such as teen pregnancy, the national debt, the presidential race, gender roles, and the ga...
Charles Blow is the Visual Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times, where his weekly column appears every Saturday. Blow’s columns tackle hot-button issues such as teen pregnancy, the national debt, the presidential race, gender roles, and the ga...