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A historian explains the significance of the Emmett Till murder for the civil rights movement.
Laws that limit presidential power won’t enforce themselves – Congress must act.
Did the attorney general help create a false story on why Comey was fired? Sessions’ testimony to Congress provides no answers.
An FBI historian tells stories from the agency’s ups and downs over 109 years and four dismissed directors.
The White House is pushing for more private prisons. But do the industry’s promised benefits hold up to scrutiny?
The DOJ has found excessive use of force in the Baltimore, Ferguson and Chicago police departments. Could a solution be found by seeing the police as victims of violence as well?
At a time when politicians are struggling to gain the public’s trust, Janet Reno’s legacy as an honest, humble public servant may serve as an example moving forward from the election.
If Berlin doesn’t apply divisive rules that inflict pain on savers, expect cries of double standards from southern Europe.
Unlike their counterparts in Europe, U.S. antitrust regulators and courts have tended to view ‘free’ products as outside their purview for enforcement.
The Baltimore Police Department is found to have violated the civil rights of poor blacks. A historian explains why those findings are eerily similar to how the city treated blacks in the 1800s.
Reform of police departments must include a reexamination of why cops and civilians come in contact so frequently in the first place.
The Justice Department is investigating whether airlines are colluding over airfares, but high prices may simply be a consequence of industry consolidation.
I have lived in the US for over three decades. And I have never seen soccer – that is, real “football” – dominate the front pages of US newspapers for so many days and with so many stories. In that sense…
Banks have become like Wall Street versions of “teflon don” John Gotti, able to avoid conviction despite repeated criminal prosecutions.
Abraham Lincoln said that those who shape public opinion exert an even greater influence than judges and lawmakers. In recent years popular sentiment – on issues like marriage equality and legalization…
“There is no such thing as too big to jail,” Attorney General Eric Holder announced in a sternly worded video message last May, underscoring that no financial institution “should be considered immune from…
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