Opinion Columns

SCOTUS Green-Lights Racial Profiling of Latinos in Immigration Raids
Ruben Navarrette, Sep. 09, 2025
SAN DIEGO — I'm calling time of death on colorblindness. The concept was in style for a minute after the Supreme Court, in 2023, struck down affirmative action in college admissions and said all applicants should be treated equally. The s

Know Your Rights in Encounters With Law Enforcement and Military Troops
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU, Sep. 08, 2025
On Aug. 11, President Donald Trump invoked a provision of the D.C. Home Rule Act of 1973 and temporarily placed the Metropolitan Police Department under federal control for 30 days, saying he would allow the police to "do whatever the hell they want.

Nominees Lie, Senators Close Eyes and America Pays
The Raffel Ticket, Sep. 03, 2025
What's the point of Senate confirmation hearings? The testimony of nominees to judgeships and the cabinet is too often evasive or deceptive.