WASHINGTON − Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson can make a pointed comment with her pen, pin down a lawyer she thinks is evading an answer in oral arguments, and also throw a punch.

There are significant racial disparities in sentencing decisions in the United States. Sentences imposed on Black males in the federal system are nearly 20 percent longer than those imposed on white ...

Chief Justice John Roberts has always been “a man more sinned against than sinning.” That line from Shakespeare’s “King Lear” seems increasingly apt for the head of our highest court.

The Economic Justice and Rights Division works to build just economies based on respect for human rights. We investigate how the global economic system both drives inequality that undermines human ...

WASHINGTON − Thurgood Marshall's clock. Clarence Gideon's petition. Lucy's portrait. To understand Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, look at what she has chosen to display around her. The first ...

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Three young men were reportedly assaulted and injured as they tried to protect a woman from being physically abused by some men in Jahaj Bari area of the capital's Dhanmondi on Sunday night. The ...

Social justice is when each person can exercise their rights within a society. A government that promotes social justice ensures that everyone has physical security, education, healthcare ...

Many observers of the criminal justice system say screening for ADHD could help alleged offenders break destructive cycles of behaviour. Is it time to introduce it across Australia?