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Last Entry: June 08, 2009 at 09:00:01

Revealed: British Military Intelligence Agents' Secret Attempts to Recruit Prisoners at Guantanamo

Posted on May 07, 2009
MI5 agents promised to protect British prisoners from their American captors and help secure their return home to the United Kingdom.

Jury Finds Teens Not Guilty of Hate Crime in Beating Death of Latino; Some Rejoice

Posted on May 06, 2009
The facts of the case were clear, but an all-white jury decided to let a mob of racist teens off easy.

Yankees Pitcher's Mom Arrested for Meth: Should She Get Treatment or Prison?

Posted on May 06, 2009
Joba Chamberlainâ€™s mom faces 50 years behind bars for selling a small amount of meth; should we offer compassion or jail time?

Why Are We Surprised When White Preppy Guys Turn Out to Be Serial Killers?

Posted on May 06, 2009
Philip Markoff is just like 85% of U.S. serial killers -- young, white and male. When will we get that these guys are the rule, not the exception?

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Revealed: U.S. Interrogators May Have Killed Dozens of Detainees

Posted on May 06, 2009
In all, 98 detainees have died while in U.S. hands, with 34 identified as homicides, at least eight of which were tortured to death.

Breaking: New Chief Prosecutor Tapped For Military Commissions At Guantanamo

Posted on May 06, 2009
Capt. John Murphy led the prosecution of Salim Hamdan and is helping prosecute Omar Khadr, who was just 15 years old when he was captured.

Justice Dept. Investigators Say No Criminal Prosecutions for Torture Lawyers, Just 'Disciplinary Actions'

Posted on May 06, 2009
Federal investigators say the torture memo authors only committed 'serious lapses of judgment,' not crimes. Critics say that's 'outrageous.'

Jury Finds Teens Not Guilty of Hate Crime in Beating Death of Latino

Posted on May 06, 2009
The facts of the case were clear, but an all-white jury decided to let a mob of racist teens off easy.

Why Are We Surprised When White Preppy Guys Turn Out to Be Murderers?

Posted on May 06, 2009
Philip Markoff is just like 85% of U.S. serial killers -- young, white and male. When will we get that these guys are the rule, not the exception?

40 Million Nonbelievers in America? The Secret Is Almost Out

Posted on May 05, 2009
Secularists have very quietly become one of Americaâ€™s largest minorities -- how long before they use their power?

Saving Death Row Inmate Troy Davis's Life Is AlterNet's Top Take Action Campaign of the Week

Posted on May 05, 2009
Troy Davis faces execution for murdering a Police Officer, despite that 7 out of 9 witnesses have recanted or contradicted their testimony.

Supremes Overrule Gov't: Can't Charge Unknowing Immigrants with ID Theft

Posted on May 05, 2009
The ruling comes too late for some undocumented immigrants.

Death Row Prisoner Troy Davis: We Must Expose a System That Fails to Protect the Innocent

Posted on May 05, 2009
"There are so many more Troy Davises. This fight to end the death penalty is not won or lost through me."

Paranoid Authorities Wouldn't Let My Plane Fly Over U.S. Territory -- Was It Something I Wrote?

Posted on May 04, 2009
An AirFrance flight was forced to divert a plane thousands of miles because a journalist was considered a national security threat.

Power Struggle: Who Will Be the Religious Right's New Kingpin?

Posted on May 01, 2009
With James Dobson inching toward retirement, many wonder who will fill the religious right's bully pulpit.

Super Prude Prosecutors Charge Teenagers with Pornography and Worse For Sexy Text Messages

Posted on May 01, 2009
Sending a nude or semi-nude picture to a friend's cell phone is apparently a crime -- if you're a teen.

Marijuana at the Tipping Point: Is a Tidal Wave of Reason About to Change Our Pot Laws?

Posted on May 01, 2009
Sometime in the last few months, the notion of legalizing marijuana crossed a major threshold.

Prosecute This: Torture Was Used to Try to Link Saddam with 9/11

Posted on May 01, 2009
Obama's intent to immunize those who broke the law violates his constitutional duty to "take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed."

Obama Administration Tells Congress to End Crack/Powder Cocaine Disparity

Posted on May 01, 2009
In a break with the Bush administration, Justice Department called Congress to pass legislation to undo our vast sentencing disparities.

GOP Rep. Claims Matthew Shepard's Murder Was Not a Hate Crime

Posted on April 30, 2009
Rep. Virginia Foxx said Matthew Sheppard was murdered in an attempted "robbery."

Obama Calls It "Torture" on Prime Time

Posted on April 30, 2009
Barack Obama says torture "corrodes the character of a country."

GOP Rep. Virginia Foxx Dishonored Matthew Shepard's Death, Saying it Was a Hoax

Posted on April 30, 2009
Rep. Virginia Foxx said Matthew Sheppard was murdered in an attempted "robbery."

Michelle Malkin and Michael Savage Use Swine Flu Crisis to Peddle Their Xenophobia

Posted on April 29, 2009
The right-wing pundits who seized on the swine flu to push their anti-immigrant rhetoric are employing an ancient racist tactic.

What if Instead of the Nuremberg Trials There Was Only a Truth Commission?

Posted on April 29, 2009
The lawyers who fought for the release of the torture memo explain why prosecutions, not a truth commission, are the only right thing.

America's Schizoid Pot Culture -- 4 in 10 Have Smoked It, and Millions Are Still Getting Busted

Posted on April 28, 2009
The Obama administration is giving mixed signals on its pot policies despite a tidal shift in social views on legalizing marijuana.

The Stomach-Turning Truth About Bush's Torture Programs

Posted on April 28, 2009
Obama insists America must "look forward" on the question of torture and accountability, but we're far from closure.

Supreme Court Opens a Door, Barely, for Immigrants Fighting Deportation

Posted on April 28, 2009
A Supreme Court ruling makes it difficult for asylum-seekers to challenge deportation orders, but offers petitioners some temporary relief.

The Bush White House's Appalling and Evil Legacy: Now We Know the Whole Story

Posted on April 27, 2009
Did we torture to extract bogus "intelligence" from detainees to make the case for Iraq?

Reagan's DOJ Prosecuted Texas Sheriff for Waterboarding Prisoners

Posted on April 27, 2009
Ignoring the 1983 case is just one of the flagrant violations committed by Bush lawyers who crafted the newly released "torture memos."

Immigration: Gillibrand Versus the Minutemen

Posted on April 27, 2009
Moderate Dems are ready to tackle common sense reform, while hardliners continue to demagogue on immigration.

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