Justice

Talking sexism, ageism, and progress with Katha Pollitt.

Fifty years after Loving v. Virginia, four scholars consider the legacy of the famous Supreme Court decision.

Black Muslims have been an influential force in the prisoners' rights movement and criminal justice reform.

On the 45th anniversary of the famous decision, Sarah Weddington reflects on what has – and hasn't – changed.

The story of an underground abortion service that operated pre-Roe vs. Wade.

"Able-bodied” doesn't always mean “able to work.”

Elections in the late 1860s gave birth to real, if short-lived, interracial democracy—the likes of which America had never seen.

41 men are still being held without charges, without a way to leave, without homes to return to.

In 1968, a retired colonel warned that urban insurrections could produce “scenes of destruction approaching those of Stalingrad.”

For Meaghan Good, the disappeared are still out here, you just have to know where to look.

How one black woman's campaign for justice after a rape by six white men shaped the struggle for equality—and the #MeToo movement.

SNCC staff photographer Danny Lyon recounts his experiences in the early days of the civil rights movement.

The canonical image of Martin Luther King Jr. neglects many of his most important intellectual, ethical, and political critiques.

Governor McAuliffe has embarked on a campaign to grant clemency more often, and to restore the civil rights of convicted felons.

Miss America pageant has a long history of controversy—including the 1968 protests.

An ongoing research project telling the stories of all the known lynching victims who were killed in Virginia between 1866 and 1932.

America loves pitting black intellectuals against each other, but today's activists need both Coates and West.

The justification can be found in an obscure section of the Fourteenth Amendment.

A new biography of Lucy Parsons makes it clear that the activist deserves attention apart from her more well-known husband.

Colin Kaepernick continues a long tradition of athletes using their celebrity to protest America's racial inequality.

What motivated Viola Liuzzo to take up the cause of justice hundreds of miles from her home?

Why? Because there's very little known about the thousands of victims who survive deadly shootings.

An interactive timeline recounts the movement to end sexual harassment.

He risked his life to expose Emmett Till’s death and the Freedom Rides to a national audience.

#MeToo must go beyond the demand for punishment.

The civil rights icon also played a key role in pursuing justice for the victims of sexual assault.

Men accepted women’s rise to prominence, but used sexual coercion to maintain control.

Inspired by Trump's election and his anti-immigrant policies, a group of scholars compiled this collection on the idea of "sanctuary."

Though there are practical obstacles to school integration, it's not an unreachable ideal.

Some police are becoming more vocal advocates of change. But the project of ending racial bias in policing is a decades-old one.