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During every execution in the United States, Death Penalty Action* holds a virtual vigil simultaneously with local death penalty abolitionists protesting outside the prisons and state capitals or governor’s mansions where the state-sponsored killing is taking place. When these gatherings are in person, those in attendance toll the same massive bell at the time the [...]

On December 22, 2022, the US House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol released its 845-page Final Report. The Report described events leading up to, during, and in the aftermath of the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot. It also set out information about the individuals who were involved [...]

That’s not a chip on my shoulder. That’s your foot on my neck. – Malcolm X On May 25, a Minneapolis police officer tortured George Floyd to death in what his brother, Philonise Floyd, called “a modern-day lynching in broad daylight.” Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets in all 50 states and [...]

“Whoever can conquer the street will one day conquer the state, for every form of power politics and any dictatorship-run state has its roots in the street.” – Joseph Goebbels, Third Reich Minister of Propaganda “I have the support of the police, the support of the military, the support of the Bikers for Trump. I [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Sallie Sanford of the University of Washington School of Law says that the Supreme Court's recent decision upholding the Affordable Care Act will have lasting effects not only for the nation's health care system, but also for...

Rates of violent crime along the US-Mexico border have been declining for several years, according to a USA Today analysis released Thursday. The study indicated that, on average, US border cities were safer than...

Brett Stark, Harvard Law School '12, interned with the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI). He writes about the virtues of organizations that promote the rights of all rather than the interests of any particular group... Israel, the West...

Members of the US Congress have removed an amendment to the 2010 Homeland Security Appropriations bill that sought to require additional construction of the US-Mexico border fence . The amendment,...

US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials on Wednesday told Congress that a 670-mile fence along the US-Mexican border is unlikely to be completed as planned by year's end because of cost...

Michele Waslin : "This week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that it had suspended its latest immigration enforcement experiment. Dubbed as ICE's "compassionately conceived enforcement initiative," Operation Scheduled Departure ...