• Sanders to attend Vatican conference before New York primary

    Sanders to attend Vatican conference before New York primary

    Apr 08, 2016 04:35 PM EDT

    ... with the pope during his trip. The meeting will mark the 25th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's encyclical Centesimus Annus, a high-level teaching document which advocated for economic and social justice and environmental sustainability. Sanders will be speaking at the conference of the Pontifical Academy of Social ...

  • Why Americans are so divided over teaching critical race theory

    Why Americans are so divided over teaching critical race theory

    Jun 24, 2021 10:25 PM EDT

    ... Jalaya Liles Dunn, Director, Learning for Justice: When I hear the talk of critical race theory, I immediately get a signal as an alarming system for me, because it is a misrepresentation and misuse of the word. Amna Nawaz: Jalaya Liles Dunn is the director of Learning for Justice, which ...

  • U.S. Justice Department declines charges against officers in Tamir Rice case

    U.S. Justice Department declines charges against officers in Tamir Rice case

    Dec 29, 2020 10:36 PM EDT

    ... Inconsistent witness statements also complicated any prosecution, and neither person said they saw exactly what Rice was doing just before the shooting, according to the Justice Department. In a statement at the scene to three other law enforcement officers, Loehmann "repeatedly and consistently stated" that Tamir was reaching for a ...

  • U.S. at a unique time in history for justice reform, says Attorney General Lynch

    U.S. at a unique time in history for justice reform, says Attorney General Lynch

    Oct 09, 2015 12:58 AM EDT

    ... which is a multiagency task force across government to look at a whole host of barriers to reintegration. Housing, for example, is a major concern for those coming out of our criminal justice system, the ability simply to go home. What so many of us take for granted at the ...

  • WATCH: Trump signs executive order to create national list of eligible voters

    WATCH: Trump signs executive order to create national list of eligible voters

    Mar 31, 2026 10:24 PM EDT

    ... any presidential authority over election administration. The Trump administration has launched a widespread campaign it says is meant to target allegations of voter fraud that for years have been the subject of false claims from Trump and his allies. The Justice Department for months has been demanding detailed voter registration ...

  • Why recovery will be tough for Alaska's villages flooded by an unusually powerful storm

    Why recovery will be tough for Alaska's villages flooded by an unusually powerful storm

    Oct 18, 2025 05:53 PM EDT

    ... and winter is closing in. Native residents of Kipnuk discuss the challenges of permafrost loss and climate change in their village. Video by Alaska Institute for Justice These villages are also small. They don’t have extra housing or the resources to rapidly recover. The region was already recovering from ...

  • Top French court upholds some of Assad's legal protections, but permits future war crime warrants

    Top French court upholds some of Assad's legal protections, but permits future war crime warrants

    Jul 25, 2025 10:29 PM EDT

    ... will support another dictatorship to keep doing this kind of crime — they know they will enjoy immunity,” said Mazen Darwish, president of the Syrian Center for Media, which collected evidence of war crimes. “It is a sad day for us,” Darwish said. ‘Missed opportunity for justice’ The president of the ...

  • What Pope Leo XIV's election means for the future of the church and Catholics worldwide

    What Pope Leo XIV's election means for the future of the church and Catholics worldwide

    May 08, 2025 10:53 PM EDT

    ... the world seems -- world government seem to be just not caring anymore about what's happening. And so he has to be a prophetic voice for peace, for justice, for the disenfranchised, for protecting the environment. And then he's got to look at his own church. In the north ...

  • The Senate has confirmed 200 federal judges under the Biden administration

    The Senate has confirmed 200 federal judges under the Biden administration

    May 22, 2024 05:03 PM EDT

    ... are thrilled with the results so far. "I just cannot rave enough about these judges," said Jake Faleschini, who leads nominations work at the Alliance for Justice. "It's been nothing short of transformative of the federal judiciary in terms of both excellence, but also demographic and professional diversity." At ...

  • New book explores how ordinary Americans can be the heroes of democracy

    New book explores how ordinary Americans can be the heroes of democracy

    May 02, 2024 10:25 PM EDT

    ... our own wounds, so that we can open ourselves up to the beauty and brilliance of other people, so that we can be committed to justice. So I'm making a claim that reaching for higher forms of excellence in pursuit of a more just world is a radical politics.