News in Brief What Happens if (or When) Edward Snowden Faces a Jury? The George Zimmerman trial has provoked a national conversation on race. The NSA probably doesn't want one on security. Marc Herman
News in Brief Would Giving Up Computers Protect Your Privacy? Vladimir Putin wants to use typewriters to avoid an Edward Snowden situation. Could you actually do this? Marc Herman
Social Justice Where Bribes Bite Like Taxes In some places, nearly 15 percent of monthly income goes to greasing palms. Marc Herman
News in Brief A Back Door Opens to Tahrir Square Translators narrate a livestream from Egypt's day of reckoning. Marc Herman
News in Brief Should the World Cut Off Egypt’s Foreign Aid? Maybe not, says the World Bank's former head number cruncher. Marc Herman
News in Brief Why Is Tammy Duckworth’s Disability Rating So Low? The VA still can't calculate the costs soldiers pay for their wounds. Marc Herman
News in Brief No One Tell Justice Thomas: Affirmative Action ‘Mismatch Theory’ Debunked Again Does affirmative action put kids in over their heads? Marc Herman
News in Brief Lyndon Johnson and Martin Luther King Talking Over the Voting Rights Act The court's reversal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act assumes politics has changed. But this historic phone call sounds pretty familiar. Marc Herman