Congress passed an important anti-lynching bill. But the U.S. is still fertile ground for vigilantes. Regina Bateson - March 11, 2022 Despite popular fascination with figures from the Lone Ranger to Batman, vigilantes are never simply trying to protect public safety
The Supreme Court’s vaccine mandate ruling shows it’s ready to second-guess government policy Stephen I. Vladeck - January 18, 2022 For decades, the court deferred to the government’s judgment. Now it’s heading back to the Lochner era.
A century ago, Prohibition was about expanding liberty. Then our definition of liberty changed. Mark Schrad - January 17, 2022 Many defenders of Black, Native American and women’s political rights saw Prohibition as increasing freedom
On Prohibition’s 100th anniversary, here’s a distillation of 3 myths about the temperance movement. Mark Schrad - August 1, 2017 [caption id="attachment_61639" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Women turn out in large numbers,
Why Do Gun Rights Advocates Have More Political Firepower? Intensity or Efficacy and Social Networks? David Karol - April 22, 2013 Now that the manhunt in Boston has ended, observers are