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The Left Splits Over Bagram
Is sending some Guantanamo detainees to Bagram a good idea?
November 13, 2009 | By Adam Serwer | web only

The Fraud of Voting Scandals
The right isn't the only party at fault for the continuing battle over voter fraud.
November 6, 2009 | By Adam Serwer | web only

Will the Color Line Fade?
Racial distinctions may be blurring due to demographics and mobility, but discrimination and racism remain.
November 4, 2009 | By Adam Serwer

Can Human Rights Win the War?
Top U.S. military officials are starting to sound like human-rights advocates when it comes to detention policy in Afghanistan.
October 29, 2009 | By Adam Serwer | web only

Democrats Take a Pass on Civil-Liberties Reform
While we were busy fretting about Obama's Nobel, the Democrats dropped the ball on reforming Bush-era civil-liberties abuses.
October 14, 2009 | By Adam Serwer | web only

Why Can't Tom Perez Get Confirmed?
Obama's pick for head of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is caught up in the same politicization that marked the Bush years.
September 17, 2009 | By Adam Serwer | web only

No Place Like Home
After seven years in Gitmo, Mohammed Jawad was supposed to be going home. He almost went back to prison instead.
September 8, 2009 | By Adam Serwer | web only

The De-Facto Segregation of Health Care
Opponents of health care reform haven't shied away from invoking race. Why are advocates afraid to point out that people of color suffer the worst inequities of the current system?
August 21, 2009 | By Adam Serwer | web only

Overdue Process
When it comes to terrorist suspects in detention, Obama is finding that Bush set a difficult precedent to break.
August 20, 2009 | By Adam Serwer

Banks as Heroes
Community-development banks show what financial institutions can do when they have the right motivation and the right mission.
August 10, 2009 | By Adam Serwer

Double Jeopardy
Civil-liberties and human-rights groups have found themselves fighting a two-front battle on how the United States tries terrorist suspects.
August 6, 2009 | By Adam Serwer | web only

Marion's Moral Compass
The philandering former D.C. mayor leads a crusade against gay marriage.
August 4, 2009 | By Adam Serwer

Meet the Cast of the Sotomayor Hearings
Ready for a week of Senate questioning? Here is your guide to the major players of the Sotomayor confirmation hearings.
July 13, 2009 | By Adam Serwer | web only

The Dilemma of Post-Acquittal Detentions
The administration says it can detain terrorist suspects even after they've been acquitted. It is legal, but is it a good idea?
July 10, 2009 | By Adam Serwer | web only

Where Blacks Lead the Fight for Gay Rights
Black leadership is changing the fight for gay rights in D.C.
June 26, 2009 | By Adam Serwer | web only

Meet D.C.'s Anti-Gay Marriage Crusaders
An alliance between local and national activists is a test of the effectiveness of Republicans' reliance on culture-war wedge issues.
June 12, 2009 | By Adam Serwer | web only

The Empathy Dodge
Conservative jurists are just as guilty of displaying the soft touch -- it's just reserved for those with money and power.
May 27, 2009 | By Adam Serwer | web only

What the Guantánamo Speech Means for Civil Liberties
TAP Online talks with the ACLU's Anthony Romero about Obama's proposed changes to national security policy.
May 22, 2009 | By Adam Serwer | web only

A "Post-Racial" Assault on Voting Rights
It is minority voters -- not Southern municipalities -- who need the protection of the Supreme Court.
May 6, 2009 | By Adam Serwer | web only

Accounts of Torture, Abstract and Experienced
TAP compares the "enhanced interrogation" memos to Red Cross accounts of what happened.
April 17, 2009 | By Adam Serwer | web only

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