A Journal of Ideas

Civil Rights

The Age of Revenge

Once upon a brief time, there was consensus around social progress. But the backlash began almost immediately—and has been with us ever since.

By Ellen Fitzpatrick

What’s Behind DHS's Abuses

DHS was created with a civil rights office to prevent the abuses we’re seeing now. Funny thing—Trump shut it down.

By Margo Schlanger

Mr. Moral Authority

John Lewis wasn’t much of a legislator. But he was still one of the most revered Congress members of his era.

By Marion Orr

The Most Dangerous Law in America

The Insurrection Act is a nuclear bomb hidden in the United States code, giving presidents unimaginable emergency power. No President has abused it. Yet.

By Joseph Nunn

The Right’s Attack on Children

“Parental rights” are all the rage now in some quarters. But when parents gain rights, who loses them? Children.

By Marci Hamilton