Why I Am Opposed to the Death Penalty

Stanley “Tookie” Williams, pictured, awaits death in California.
This past weekend, rap star Snoop Dogg took part in a rally to save the life of Stanley “Tookie” Williams, the founder of the notorious, murderous Crips gang. Since his incarceration on California’s death row, Williams has turned his life around, writing children’s’ books, advocating against gang violence [...]

On "Active Liberty"

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Stephen Breyer has just penned a book entitled “Active Liberty: Interpreting Our Democratic Constitution.
This book, based on the Tanner lectures on Human Values that Justice Stephen Breyer delivered at Harvard University in November 2004, defines the term “active liberty” as a sharing of the nation’s sovereign authority with [...]

Quote of the Day: "Sketches of Neighboring Slaveholders" from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl

“[Slave mistresses] know that the women slaves are subject to their father’s authority in all things; and in some cases they exercise the same authority over the men slaves. I have myself seen the master of such a household whose head was bowed down in shame; for it was known in the [...]