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The Conservative Case for Universal Healthcare
Why in five years, the American right will embrace socialized medicine.
Chase Madar
July 25, 2017
The Case for Clemency
To forgive prisoners is divine—or as close as government gets.
Chase Madar
December 21, 2015
A Republican Against Prisons
Virginia’s ex-attorney general is taking on the incarceration state.
Chase Madar
February 3, 2015
The Dirty History of Habeas Corpus
The biography of "negative liberty" encompasses a past rife with social upheaval and hypocrisy.
Chase Madar
May 8, 2014
The Anti-Warrior
Micah Zenko brings peace to the Council on Foreign Relations.
Chase Madar
March 18, 2014
Vietnam: A War on Civilians
On the 50th Anniversary of My Lai massacre, we're re-visiting Nick Turse's groundbreaking reporting on the atrocities that were covered up.
Chase Madar
July 30, 2013
How State Secrecy Leads to War
And why Bradley Manning has done more for American security than Seal Team Six.
Chase Madar
June 11, 2013
Legal Atrocities
Do the WikiLeaks war logs reveal war crimes -- or the poverty of international law?
Chase Madar
April 16, 2012