Justice

Forty years after the Greensboro Massacre, a survivor talks about that day, and why organized workers are such a threat to the powerful.

In the 1990s, a handful of researchers inspired panic with a dire but flawed prediction: the imminent arrival of a new breed of “superpredators.”

He wanted to be an ally of the Chinese immigrant. By pretending to be one himself.

Stella Liebeck was vilified when she was awarded millions after spilling McDonald's coffee in her lap. But the facts told another story.

How did today's bipartisan understanding of immigration—as an intolerable threat that justifies any means to stop it—take hold?

Inspired by America’s exceptional idea, it took a vital step toward securing liberty for slaves.

If you are unwilling to do this work — and it is work — then leave that word alone.

We use the term "witch hunt" to describe baseless accusations. It's actually about targeting those without power.

Some cities are trying to help poor children succeed by having their families move to middle-income, "opportunity areas" -- an idea once politically impossible.

The legal academy has grown dismissive of Justice O’Connor, but the Supreme Court is not a law school faculty workshop. She saw herself as a problem-solver.

It’s time to fight for the original and heretofore unachieved goals of the women’s movement.

Two new books tell the stories of people kidnapped and sold into slavery. One of them sued successfully.

Soldiers who had fought in Vietnam weren’t pitted against an anti-war movement — in fact, many were actually part of it.

Who gets to decide what the Constitution really means?

Indian boarding schools held Native American youth hostage in exchange for land cessions.

Agitprop, Israel, and the shape of the world after WWII.

Becoming an agency that wouldn't dream of advertising on Breitbart will require deep changes.

Five years since its inception, a look at what the Black Lives Matter movement accomplished and the important work it left unfinished.

The U.S. had its own anti-car movement, led largely by women, before the Dutch "Stop de kindermoord" movement of the 1970s.

The complicated privilege of forming a new constituency.

The 1930s Socialist Party is often seen as a marginal force, but its successes laid the groundwork for the next generation of organizing.

The policy of "prevention through deterrence" has been deadly.

Martin Scorsese's new film is premised on a confession that is not credible.

A new digital archive from UVA Carter G. Woodson Institute and Center for Digital Editing explores the late Civil Rights leader’s life, legacy, and writings.

How three late 19th century equality movements failed to promote equality.

Are whistleblowers heroes or traitors? It depends who you ask.

How the United States created the largest immigrant detention system in the world.

A new book discusses the black nationalism at the heart of Thomas’s conservative jurisprudence.

An upcoming Supreme Court case will test the "not guilty by reason of insanity" plea.

It was a setup: a stratagem worthy of wily Ulysses himself.