A History of Bush’s Tortured Logic
Photo by Joseph Huff-Hannon November 13, 2001 — President Bush issues Military Order No. 1, allowing indefinite detention of…
Photo by Joseph Huff-Hannon November 13, 2001 — President Bush issues Military Order No. 1, allowing indefinite detention of…
Free-Fire Fallout Vets Grapple With Atrocities: Interview with an Iraqi War Vet
Interview with Logan Laituri by Erin Thomson Logan Laituri joined the U.S. Army in February 2000, at the age…
Return of the Winter Soldier: Iraq Vets Prepare Atrocity Testimony
A scene from Winter Soldier, the 1971 documentary about Vietnam Veterans who testified about atrocities they saw or committed.…
50-Shot Cops Duck Jury Trial in Sean Bell Case
More than a year after Sean Bell was killed by a barrage of police bullets on the night before…
Hillary’s Rx: Criminalize the Uninsured
By Erin Thomson If you are one of the 47 million Americans who cannot afford the on-average $4,000 to…
The Net Widens: Free Speech on Trial
by Erin Thompson and Jessica Lee Twelve jurors in San Diego will soon grapple with the definition of free…
Photo: Amadi Ajamu By Paul Schrodt and Erin Thompson After being assaulted by police officers while attempting to prevent…
Municipal Broadband Takes On The Internet Cartel
By Erin Thompson On a street corner in Harlem, Kamal King and Jonathan Evans are taking pictures of light…
Jean Delphonse, the owner of a Harlem internet cafe, reflects on the joys of free wireless. Photo: Irina Ivanova…
By Erin Thompson In 1996, under the guise of “promoting industry competition,” the U.S. Congress passed its first major…
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