Justice

The 504 Sit-In was the longest non-violent occupation of a federal building in United States history.

There would be no Richard Spencer without Louis Beam.

Ta-Nehisi Coates' latest book preaches political fatalism. But black activism has always believed in the possibility of change.

In 1867, African-Americans in Virginia stood up for their new political rights in the face of threats from their white neighbors.

David Gunn’s murder was the first targeted killing of an abortion doctor in America. His killer now has an opportunity for parole.

The racist roots of the opioid crisis.

Mamie Phipps Clark came up with the oft-cited “doll test” and provided expert testimony in Brown v. Board of Education.

A 1974 case gave the antiabortion movement a new playbook to whittle away abortion rights for poor women.

Two new books, including ‘Locking Up Our Own,’ address major blind spots about the causes of America’s carceral failure.

The story of the 19-year old who killed the white master raping her, and claimed self-defense.

The author of a new biography explains how Murray changed the way that discrimination is understood today.

A Second Amendment scholar makes the case that gun restrictions are not a recent phenomenon.

Remembering the black-fisted silent protest at the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games.

Frances Glessner Lee created meticulous and gruesome dioramas of murder scenes, which are still used to train police today. 

A review of "Divided We Stand: The Battle Over Women’s Rights and Family Values That Polarized American Politics."

The origins of the politics of “reverse discrimination."

The forgotten crusade of Morris Milgram.

The fight for the First Amendment, on campuses and football fields, from the sixties to today.

While Trump's response was unprecedented, the inclination to highlight violence on the Left – especially from black Americans – is not.

In the 1930s, the Germans were fascinated by the global leader in legal racism—the United States.

Throughout history, one would be hard-pressed to find an example of black protest that most white people found acceptable at the time.

Despite their large role in civil rights activism, black women have frequently been excluded from prominent positions in protests.

Even as a child, Eugene Williams was not safe from the harm caused by the ways of northern racism.

The real history of the Second Amendment.

Activists can’t persuade their contemporaries—they’re aiming at the next generation.

Why the “Founders’ Intent” doesn’t matter.

The Supreme Court is about to take up another blockbuster voting rights case. At its core is a struggle over the limits of history.

The co-opting of protests against racism has a storied history in our country.

The spectre of Dred Scott is haunting St. Louis.

The Supreme Court and non-unanimous juries.