Raiders of the Lost Art
Intricate works of art produced by Guantánamo detainees have been allowed to trickle out of the prison camp for years. The Trump administration has other plans in mind.
The Indypendent
War on Terror
More Urgent than Ever, the Peace Movement Soldiers On
Long gone are the days when tens of thousands of people took to the streets across the United States…
Las Vegas Mass Shooting: Don’t Call it Terrorism
Outbreaks of mass violence must be understood as social problems in need of political solutions rather than criminal justice problems in need of more punishment.
Glenn Greenwald on Trump’s War on Terror
Citizen activism is the best hope for thwarting Trump’s agenda, Greenwald contends
On Oct. 7, 2001, the U.S. opened a Pandora’s box that it still hasn’t managed to close
Why Do We Keep Thanking the Troops?
Recently in a quiet indie bookstore on the north side of Chicago, I saw the latest issue of Rolling…
Decade of US ‘War on Terror’ Yields More ‘Terrorism’
After more than eleven years of the US waging wars abroad in the name of "fighting terrorism" a new…
NYT Oversells WikiLeaks/Iranian Missiles Story
WikiLeaks document dumps are largely what media want to make of them. There’s one conventional response, which goes something like this: “There’s nothing new here,…
Why TSA Molesters Are Striking a Nerve
“Don’t touch my junk!” Will this be the battle cry of the next American Revolution? If you think about…
Bush’s Waterboarding Admission Prompts Calls For Criminal Probe
This article was originally published on CommonDreams.org from The Huffington Post. WASHINGTON — The American Civil Liberties Union on…