Truth is a fickle matter. It prowls the crevices of bias and roams the pith of dissent. It snakes through equivocation, hiding from politics and eluding online discourse. Even as we increasingly hunger for it, truth languishes in the growing fissures...
In early 2026, both Florida’s and Texas’s Supreme Courts opted to drop their requirement that the states’ lawyers graduate from American Bar Association (ABA)–accredited law schools. This opened the door to alternative accreditors, who often ...
In Rhode Island, 6,328 households were thrown into the eviction process over the past year. An eviction filing begins what is typically an arduous process for tenants: making early-morning court appearances, spending time away from work, navigating c...
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...
On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown — an unarmed black teen — was shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri, by a white police officer, Darren Wilson. Today, in the Salomon Center at Brown University, there will be a discussion of the recent events in F...
On August 9, 2014, Michael Brown — an unarmed black teen — was shot and killed in Ferguson, Missouri, by a white police officer, Darren Wilson. Today, in the Salomon Center at Brown University, there will be a discussion of the recent events in F...
Taking a case all the way to trial is usually a hard, expensive and exhausting process. Obtaining an audience in federal court is often more rigorous. Reaching the Supreme Court, which hears less than 1 percent of petitioners, is nearly impossible...
Taking a case all the way to trial is usually a hard, expensive and exhausting process. Obtaining an audience in federal court is often more rigorous. Reaching the Supreme Court, which hears less than 1 percent of petitioners, is nearly impossible...
Over the weekend a tape of Donald Sterling making racist statements was released. Sterling owns the L.A. Clippers basketball franchise. By Tuesday, Sterling was banned from all association with the NBA, fined $2.5 million, and the league’s com...
Over the weekend a tape of Donald Sterling making racist statements was released. Sterling owns the L.A. Clippers basketball franchise. By Tuesday, Sterling was banned from all association with the NBA, fined $2.5 million, and the league’s com...
“I just follow my own common sense,” a justice of 13 years told reporter William Glaberson of The New York Times, “and to hell with the law.” This justice is emblematic of many in New York’s approximately 1,250 town and village courts t...
“I just follow my own common sense,” a justice of 13 years told reporter William Glaberson of The New York Times, “and to hell with the law.” This justice is emblematic of many in New York’s approximately 1,250 town and village courts t...
This article contains a discussion of sexual assault, which may be triggering for some readers. Imagine a young female-identified student at Brown. She might be someone you know, or she might be someone you’ve never met before. Her name is Rebecca....
This article contains a discussion of sexual assault, which may be triggering for some readers. Imagine a young female-identified student at Brown. She might be someone you know, or she might be someone you’ve never met before. Her name is Rebecca....