In the early decades of the twentieth century, business leaders condemned civil liberties as masks for subversive activity, while labor sympathizers denounced t

This book ... on postwar America ... looks at civil rights and civil liberties in tandem and does so over the past fifty years. It merges two historical approac

This book tells the story of how Americans, from the Civil War through today, have fought over the meaning of civil rights.

An eminent constitutional scholar reveals how our approach to rights is dividing America, and shows how we can build a better system of justice.

In the weeks following 9/11, the Bush administration launched the Patriot Act, rejected key provisions of the Geneva Convention, and inaugurated a sweeping elec