justice

Trump judges blow big hole in age discrimination law

February 15, 2019 By Mark Gruenberg

When Congress enacted the ADEA in 1967, its drafters had no reason to expect judges would be acting as grammarians. Then, the Supreme Court and lower courts interpreted anti-discrimination laws as broadly as possible

Voters oust corrupt, racist Cook County judge

November 13, 2018 By Michelle Zacarias

Matthew Coghlan's ouster marks the first time in 28 years that citizens in Cook County have voted a judge off the bench.

‘Boys will be boys’: The racial double standards in the Kavanaugh case

October 3, 2018 By Jesse J. Holland

Generally, all else being equal, a person of color is going to receive a harsher sentence than a white person for the same criminal charge.

Artist Ben Shahn was moved by the Tom Mooney case

July 25, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

Ben Shahn was moved in the early 1930s to paint a series of works based on the infamous Tom Mooney case. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) currently has a display of these works...

Government reopens case of Emmett Till, Black youth murdered in 1955

July 12, 2018 By Jay Reeves

The Justice Department told Congress in a report it is reinvestigating Till’s slaying after receiving “new information.”