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...
Recruitment within terrorist organizations was long considered a homegrown issue, where groups attracted new members within the countries that they operate, drawing from homogenous, ideologically motivated populations with an existing undercurrent of...
Recruitment within terrorist organizations was long considered a homegrown issue, where groups attracted new members within the countries that they operate, drawing from homogenous, ideologically motivated populations with an existing undercurrent of...
After 9/11, the United States experienced an expansion of security measures that were intended to create a safer, more secure nation. This has resulted in an almost incomprehensible web of security precautions that now pervade everyday American life ...
After 9/11, the United States experienced an expansion of security measures that were intended to create a safer, more secure nation. This has resulted in an almost incomprehensible web of security precautions that now pervade everyday American life ...
The New York Marriage Equality Act of 2011 promised that same-sex marriages and opposite-sex marriages would be treated the same in all respects of the law, allowing people like Jann Paczkowski to finally marry their partners. Most narratives surroun...
The New York Marriage Equality Act of 2011 promised that same-sex marriages and opposite-sex marriages would be treated the same in all respects of the law, allowing people like Jann Paczkowski to finally marry their partners. Most narratives surroun...
This month, the fight to maintain and expand women’s reproductive rights has taken some serious blows. Across the country, several states, including Colorado, North Dakota and Tennessee had so-called personhood and other anti-abortion legislation a...
This month, the fight to maintain and expand women’s reproductive rights has taken some serious blows. Across the country, several states, including Colorado, North Dakota and Tennessee had so-called personhood and other anti-abortion legislation a...
“I’m not ready to surrender to a few folks in black robes,” said Idaho Governor Butch Otter (R) during a gubernatorial debate. “I’m not ready to surrender the will of the people in the state of Idaho, as they expressed in 2006 in an ove...
“I’m not ready to surrender to a few folks in black robes,” said Idaho Governor Butch Otter (R) during a gubernatorial debate. “I’m not ready to surrender the will of the people in the state of Idaho, as they expressed in 2006 in an ove...
In liberal circles, unregulated campaign finance is often portrayed as the “Big Bad Wolf” blowing down the house of American democracy. The Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission and the subsequent creation ...
In liberal circles, unregulated campaign finance is often portrayed as the “Big Bad Wolf” blowing down the house of American democracy. The Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. Federal Elections Commission and the subsequent creation ...
As Colorado adjusts to the many changes brought about by the legalization of marijuana, supporters and skeptics across the country continue to scrutinize the effects of legal pot. While there have certainly been benefits — the drug is a green gold ...
As Colorado adjusts to the many changes brought about by the legalization of marijuana, supporters and skeptics across the country continue to scrutinize the effects of legal pot. While there have certainly been benefits — the drug is a green gold ...
It’s no secret that the United States has a prison problem: astronomically large incarcerated populations, soaring recidivism rates, a disproportionate number of non-white prisoners — the list of maladies goes on and on. But true to form, Washing...
It’s no secret that the United States has a prison problem: astronomically large incarcerated populations, soaring recidivism rates, a disproportionate number of non-white prisoners — the list of maladies goes on and on. But true to form, Washing...
On August 14, 2014, Phoenix Police arrived at Michelle Cusseaux’s home to fulfill a court-ordered transport to a mental health facility. Fifty-year-old Cusseaux, who suffered from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, allegedly met the police at the ...
On August 14, 2014, Phoenix Police arrived at Michelle Cusseaux’s home to fulfill a court-ordered transport to a mental health facility. Fifty-year-old Cusseaux, who suffered from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, allegedly met the police at the ...
On March 20, 2012, the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department pulled over Nelly Moreira’s car. Moreira was not present; her son was the only person in the vehicle. When police conducted a routine search of him, they found an unregistered ha...
On March 20, 2012, the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department pulled over Nelly Moreira’s car. Moreira was not present; her son was the only person in the vehicle. When police conducted a routine search of him, they found an unregistered ha...
Anyone who has ever lost, destroyed, or never received his or her birth certificate knows that the only way to obtain a replacement copy is to purchase one from his or her local Department of Vital Statistics. Without a birth certificate, it is ext...
Anyone who has ever lost, destroyed, or never received his or her birth certificate knows that the only way to obtain a replacement copy is to purchase one from his or her local Department of Vital Statistics. Without a birth certificate, it is ext...
Mass incarceration has found a comfortable home in the underbelly of American life. It slips through the cracks of democratic oversight and represents one of the more lucrative public-private partnerships of our time. In recent years, a vast trove of...
Mass incarceration has found a comfortable home in the underbelly of American life. It slips through the cracks of democratic oversight and represents one of the more lucrative public-private partnerships of our time. In recent years, a vast trove of...