Civil Rights

Even After Jan. 6, GOP Senators Still Think They Can Claim the Mantle of Law and Order

Dahlia Lithwick

April 14, 2021 6:37 PM

Pete Buttigieg’s First Big Project Is Taking Down a Racist Texas Highway

Henry Grabar

March 30, 2021 1:04 PM

Why Biden Fired Trump’s Appointee to a Key Civil Rights Job

Mark Joseph Stern

March 09, 2021 4:55 PM

A National Wave of Anti-Trans Bills

What Next March 03, 2021 5:00 AM

“He Was Really One of Us”: Henry Aaron’s Life in Black Milwaukee

James E. Causey

March 01, 2021 4:00 PM

Why Judas and the Black Messiah Could Only Have Been Made Right Now

Aymann Ismail

Feb 26, 2021 2:07 PM

Georgia Republicans Are Already Trying to Restack the Deck by Restricting Absentee Voting

Elliot Hannon

Jan 28, 2021 10:18 AM

How One Night in Miami Shortchanges the Greatest Singer of All Time

Jack Hamilton

Jan 12, 2021 3:42 PM

The Story of a Civil Rights Wrong, a Little-Known Writ, and a Big Cover-Up

Amicus Jan 02, 2021 6:00 AM

If Biden Wants to Heal America, He Must Create a Civil Rights Tribunal

Joshua Branch

Nov 12, 2020 3:40 PM

Amy Coney Barrett Could Bring Down Decades of Anti-Discrimination Law

Chiraag Bains

Oct 26, 2020 5:44 PM

The Right to Escape From Prison

F.T. Green

Oct 19, 2020 11:44 AM

The Fight Over Voting Access in Texas

What Next Oct 08, 2020 5:00 AM

Two Supreme Court Justices Just Put Marriage Equality on the Chopping Block

Mark Joseph Stern

Oct 05, 2020 3:47 PM

The Legacy of John Lewis

The Gist July 30, 2020 7:35 PM

Barack Obama’s Eulogy for John Lewis Was Perfect

Jeremy Stahl

July 30, 2020 3:49 PM

Police Would Treat John Lewis Today the Same Way They Treated Him in 1965

Ben Mathis-Lilley

July 19, 2020 4:35 PM

Do Not Call John Lewis a “Hero” if You Stood in His Way

Joel Anderson

July 18, 2020 9:36 PM

It’s Time for Liberals to Take Back Patriotism

M. Steven Fish, Neil A. Abrams, and Laila M. Aghaie

July 03, 2020 5:45 AM

Those Face Mask “ADA Exemption” Cards Are Dangerous Nonsense

Matthew Cortland

June 26, 2020 4:39 PM

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