Torture

We must get out from under the control mechanism September 11 has become.

Chicago's Freedom Square occupation by young Black activists is a lesson in transformation and healing.

Meanwhile, reports are emerging that more than 60 school children have been detained for treason.

The prospect of closing Guantanamo looks bleaker now than it did when Obama became president in 2009.

Abu Zubaydah's sworn statement provides a chilling, first-person account of how US officials tortured a man they wrongly believed was a top al-Qaida operative.

A change to US law to include an explicit definition of forbidden acts will put a stop to torture.

Real progressive policy change, will require new candidates to step up at the local and state level.

US domestic torture practices have been globalized and franchised since September 11, 2001.

The US largely did not capture the prisoners it continues to hold at Guantanamo — it bought them.

Illinois lawmakers are considering a bill that would limit the use of solitary confinement. This legislation is vital.