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Do Outsiders Have Legal Rights?

Adam Hosein Boston Review
The ban raises a fundamental moral question that has recurred throughout U.S. history: what rights, if any, do people considered outsiders have?

The Saintly Dr. O'Leary

Margaret Regan Tucson Weekly
During the contentious 1983 mining strike in Morenci, a part-Irish, part-Yaqui man stood up for the little guy,

2 Federal Judges Rule Against Trump's Latest Travel Ban

ALEXANDER BURNS The New York Times
But in a pointed decision that repeatedly invoked Mr. Trump’s public comments, Judge Derrick K. Watson, of Federal District Court in Honolulu, wrote that a “reasonable, objective observer” would view even the new order as “issued with a purpose to disfavor a particular religion, in spite of its stated, religiously neutral purpose.”

American Eagle

Sam Friedman Portside
What's the future of our environment? A poisonous wasteland, says Sam Friedman, offering a bleak view of what's imminent.

Neil Gorsuch Helped Defend Bush Torture Policies

Charlie Savage The New York Times
After visiting Guantanamo, Judge Gorsuch offered the prison operation commander a glowing review. "Being able to see first hand all that you have managed to accomplish with such a difficult and sensitive mission makes my job of helping explain and defend it before the courts all the easier.”

A Rare Success Against Alzheimer's

Miia Kivipelto, Krister Håkansson Scientific American
A gold-standard clinical trial provides evidence that diet, exercise and an active social life can help prevent cognitive decline