On Oct. 15, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that has the potential to curtail portions of the Voting Rights Act. If you just read the headlines, you’d think the Voting Rights Act was ...

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Civil Rights and Wrongs is a recurring series by Daniel Harawa covering criminal justice and civil rights cases before the court. Please note that the views of outside contributors do not reflect the ...

It’s a safe bet that in a state that’s punched above its weight with nationally respected senators—Democrats George Mitchell and Edmund Muskie, Republicans Margaret Chase Smith, and Bill ...

Creating fear and panic seemed more the goal of Tuesday’s federal raid on Canal St. than any type of legitimate enforcement action. And in that it succeeded. For the last few months, New Yorkers have ...

The government doesn’t track how many citizens are held by immigration agents. ProPublica found more than 170 cases this year where citizens were detained at raids and protests. More than 20 citizens ...

A federal judge just gave a slap-on-the-wrist sentence to a man — excuse me, a “transgender woman” — who traveled across the country with weapons, ammunition, zip ties, and a plan to assassinate a ...

I speak Spanish with my mother, with other relatives, with old friends. I speak it with my children, though not as often as I should. I read novels in Spanish and listen to ’80s songs in Spanish.

It’s difficult to think of a more effective way to illustrate the moral and intellectual emptiness of the American left than to have them march around demanding an end to an institution our founding ...

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And ...

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, Slate’s politics newsletter that will begin with a lightning round of commentary on news stories we didn’t otherwise have big thoughts about: The Gaza ...

Sign up for the Surge, the newsletter that covers most important political nonsense of the week, delivered to your inbox every Saturday. Welcome to this week’s ...