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June 22, 2015
Simon Lazarus
Justice Anthony Kennedy Might Use a Conservative Principle to Save Obamacare
Here are the three most likely outcomes in the Supreme Court case
June 1, 2015
Jerry A. Coyne
Banning Philosophical Exemptions to Vaccination While Keeping Religious Ones Makes No Sense
May 3, 2015
Suzy Khimm
"We're Going to Protect Our Community Ourselves"
Baltimore's gangs came together to protect their community. But is that all they want?
May 1, 2015
Jamil Smith
Baltimore's Prosecutor Gets It
The charges in the Freddie Gray case show that scaring cops is the best way to fight police abuse
May 1, 2015
Jon Emont
“Welcome to Indonesia, Death Penalty for Drug Traffickers!”
Why the country's new president is executing more foreigners, despite international outrage
April 29, 2015
Cristian Farias
Supreme Court Conservatives Accuse Death Penalty Opponents of “Guerrilla War”
A case about a lethal injection drug turns into a debate about capital punishment itself
April 29, 2015
David B. Waisel, Paul Litton
Why the Lethal Injection Drug Debated by the Supreme Court Today Is Unconstitutional
April 28, 2015
Cristian Farias
Same-Sex Marriage Will Be Legal. The Supreme Court Just Won't Say How.
April 27, 2015
Petra Bartosiewicz
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s Sentencing Is Putting Everyone Through Hell
April 26, 2015
Amanda Gailey
Why Americans Don't Treat Fatal Gun Negligence as a Crime
April 24, 2015
Jerry A. Coyne
Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Crimes Were Terrible, But Morality Has Nothing to Do With It
April 23, 2015
Briallen Hopper, Vesla Weaver
The Man Who Recorded Walter Scott's Death Deserves to Be Paid
April 23, 2015
Brianne J. Gorod
Why the Constitution Trumps Any State's Ban on Same-Sex Marriage
April 22, 2015
Cristian Farias
The Supreme Court Just Checked Cops' Power to Extend Traffic Stops
April 14, 2015
Nathan J. Robinson
Cops Who Let Their Unarmed Victims Die Should Be Punished, Too
April 10, 2015
Steven Cohen
The Supreme Court Needs to Decide: Can Victims Sue Chiquita For Sponsoring Terrorism?
April 8, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Killing of Walter Scott Sheds Light on the Problem of Police Lying
April 3, 2015
Jamil Smith
Ferguson Faces Its Future
Tuesday's election is the first since Michael Brown's death
April 2, 2015
Cristian Farias
The Menendez Case Proves the Supreme Court Was Naive About Campaign Finance Laws
April 1, 2015
Cristian Farias
Why Arkansas' Governor Rejected the Religious Freedom Bill
It was even more extreme than Indiana's

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