We have just witnessed one of the most daring schemes and hustles in modern history. The secretary…

Bail out General Motors? The people who murdered our mass transit system?First let them remake what…

In an unscripted and candid moment, a top spokesman for President-elect Barack Obama let the cat…

The recent rise in racist incidents – from university campuses to police stations – is…

When I was in graduate school I wrote extensively about slave narratives – documented oral…

The war on drugs can claim three more major victories. No, I'm not referring to how U.S.…

If law school enrollment today is made up largely of the White and the wealthy, it is because the…

At the stroke of the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month in 1918 the roaring guns fell…

Dear Editor; When the County announced plans to build a Justice Center in the Rockwood area I was…

President Obama. Sounds different, doesn't it? Finally, after almost two years of constant campaigning, the most exciting election in living memory is over. The Harvard educated lawyer with roots in Kenya, Kansas, Hawaii and Chicago convinced American voters that he and no other is the leader we need today. To commemorate this historic election, we've changed The Skanner's usual format. This week we're offering our readers a photographic celebration of this thrilling, hard-fought, unpredictable campaign. ....