Trayvon Martin’s friend and a key witness in the trial of George Zimmerman made a lot more sense than you think
Law
Viewpoint: The Emptiness of Supreme Court Rhetoric
This week’s decisions highlight the politics of law
Viewpoint: The Goal of Affirmative Action Should Not Be ‘Diversity’ but Righting Wrongs
Our misguided Supreme Court has invited a barrage of new attacks on affirmative action based on the wrong principle
No Silver Linings for Conservatives on SCOTUS Affirmative Action Decision
The ruling is a setback for the cause of returning the nation to the color-blind principles of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution
What Airline Whistleblowers Have to Say About the New Theory on Flight 800
There may be enough smoking guns to warrant reopening the investigation
Viewpoint: The Real Proof of Citizenship
In the immigration reform debate, we talk about pathways to citizenship, but we almost never discuss the destination of those pathways
Affirmative Action Has Helped White Women More Than Anyone
Their successes make the case not for abandoning affirmative action but for continuing it
New Labor Law Targeting Underage Models Could Change Our Body-Image Issues
Beautiful, tall, skinny girls provoke a lot of emotion in people, none of which is ever sympathy. But a bill that just passed the New York legislature is aimed at protecting this rare species of human. Known in legal-speak as
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Edward Snowden: A Modern-Day Daniel Ellsberg, Except for One Key Difference
It’s still unclear whether the NSA’s spying was actually illegal
Response to Revelations of NSA’s Data Collection Program: From Denial to Nonchalance
As the nation comes to grip with the news that the National Security Agency has engaged in various surveillance programs that capture and catalog information like phone call records and the Internet data, reactions have ranged from near denials to outrage to nonchalance.
Companies who have been named in secret documents as having been …
Bradley Manning and Our Real Secrecy Problem
The dilution of vital state secrets with information that isn’t truly sensitive made Wikileaks and Bradley Manning inevitable
David Westin: Leaks Help Protect National Security
There are very few examples of the press putting the country in harm’s way, and many more where the country would have been better served if journalists had gotten more of the story
The De-Gendering of Divorce: Wives Pay Ex-Husbands Alimony Too
Women who outearn their husbands are not so willing to accept the old obligations of spousal support when the marriage ends