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How Has America’s Detention System Changed Since 9/11? (Part One)
See part two in this series, here, and part three, here. Emily Berman: Today, I begin an exchange with Jonathan Hafetz, Associate Professor of Law …

Telecommunications Industry Working Overtime to Misrepresent Net Neutrality
I don’t believe that money is speech, but I’ve repeatedly seen that money motivates dishonest speech, much of it uttered by paid “experts.” This money-motivated dishonesty is a recurring …

Global Land Grab
Farmer Surinder Singh Chawla checks on the wheat in his fields in Punjab, India, in April of 2008. (Photo: Ruth Fremson / The New York Times) A …

A Tale of Two Indias: Twenty Years of Liberalization
Simi Mehra moved to India two years ago, when her husband’s Chicago-based firm collapsed in the wake of the financial crisis. But Mehra isn’t sorry. Arun landed a well-paying …

Controversy Emerges Over Gender Identity Laws
United Nations - Legislation incorporating gender identity protection has ignited debate among activists for gay and lesbian rights, with some arguing that the legislation actually endangers women and threatens …

The UN Vote and a Viable Two-State Vision
In his May 19, 2011 speech on the Middle East, President Obama made an oblique reference to the Palestinian plan to seek full membership in the United Nations. He …

Women Prisoners Play the Liberation Role
Baabda Women's Prison, Lebanon - To a soundtrack of almost constant pounding of fists against iron doors, drama therapist Zeina Daccache is trying to capture the attention of a …

Memo to the Media: the US Spends Six Times More on Military Than China
The Defense Department has just released its annual assessment of China’s military capabilities and development to Congress. The report is being covered in much of the media as a …

Wave of Illegal, Senseless and Violent Evictions Swells in Port-au-Prince
Mathias O is 34 years old. He is one of about 600,000 people still homeless from the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. He lives with his wife and her …

Arrested at the White House: Acting as a Living Tribute to Martin Luther King
Writer and climate activist Bill McKibben was among several dozen arrested outside the White House on August 20 at the start of more than two weeks of planned demonstrations …