Dara Lind

Hillary Clinton wins her Benghazi hearing; a US soldier is killed in Iraq; and why the Catholic Church’s about-to-conclude conference is so important.

One of the powers of privilege is that when you speak out, people are more likely to listen.

Paul Ryan to GOP: if you want to take me from my family, here’s what you have to do; Israel’s PM says a Palestinian gave Hitler the idea for the Holocaust.

Loitering and other petty offenses may not be serious crimes, but they’re useful tools to scoop up immigrants and hand them over to the feds.

How clubby Senate politics — not to mention the temptation to look tough on immigration — almost trumped criminal justice reform.

Justin Trudeau is basically Canada’s Obama; a National Drone Registry; and ... okay, we know you’re just reading this for the Star Wars section.

Plus, something is going quite well in the state of Denmark.

The Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act is starting to move through the Senate. Obama wants a bill on his desk this year.