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Henry A. Giroux | America’s Addiction to Torture
State-sanctioned torture is not just a US export; it's part of a long history of domestic terrorism.
How the CIA Covered Up Its Lie on Torture and bin Laden
The Senate report reveals how the CIA used the film “Zero Dark Thirty” to popularize the agency's false account of its torture program.
Rev. Edward Pinkney Imprisoned for Fighting the Whirlpool Corporation
Rev. Pinkney, a social justice activist in Benton Harbor, Michigan, was sentenced to serve up to 10 years in prison.
As Washington “Pivots” to Asia, China Does the Eurasian Pirouette
At the same moment that China is proposing a new Eurasian integration, Washington has opted for an “empire of chaos.”
Amid Justice Department Investigations, Protesters Call Out Cleveland Police Murders
As national protests continue, activists and concerned residents in Cleveland are calling for police accountability.
Mike Lofgren | The Implications of the Torture Report
The political game is so rigged that something like this was to a degree foreordained. It also explains why no one will ever be tried, at least in a …
Arizona Opens New $50 Million Supermax Prison; New Report Denounces State’s Use of Solitary Confinement
In written testimony, an individual describes the conditions of confinement as “horrendous.”
US Torture: Past, Present … and Future? Beyond the Torture Report
What's at stake here is the kind of country we want to be: Are we a courageous nation ruled by laws or a nation of cowards?
Torture Report Confirms Team Bush War Crimes
The Bush administration did torture some folks. But we are still doing other things that are not right.
Flamenco’s Repression and Resistance in Southern Spain
The public spaces that play a major role in the formation of flamenco culture in Spain are increasingly threatened by authorities.