So much followed the 9/11 attacks that it's no small thing to sum up: the Patriot Act, warrantless domestic wiretapping, Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib, a Taliban resurgence, an Iraqi civil war, drones as global assassins, the…
ACLU Suing Federal Government for Abuse of 10-Year-Old…
Unwanted, disadvantaged and undocumented immigrants, largely people of color and Muslims, face an out-of-control epidemic of abusive government practices – one of many ways how rogue state America operates, brutalizing people at home and abroad,…
What Police Protect and Serve Motto Means
Victims of killer cops and other forms of police brutality, mostly Black males, understand the “motto” best of all. So does an unidentified 18-year-old Brooklyn woman, New York detectives Edward Martins and Richard Hall charged…
As Long as There’s Injustice, How Can We…
As long as there’s injustice how can we go away? As long as there’s racism how can we go away? As long as there’s discrimination and hatred how can we go away? You can’t go…
What Comparing Black NFL Players to Prisoners Reveals
It may strike some as a stretch to make connections between slaves, inmates and black NFL players protesting the policing of black bodies. But the 13th amendment to the US constitution, which abolished slavery and…
Political Persecution of Norman Finkelstein
Finkelstein is a high-profile target of state-sponsored persecution for staunchly supporting Palestinian rights, along with stinging criticism of Zionism and Israel – touching the right nerves with scholarly accuracy. A personal note. I owe him…
Herman Bell’s Beat-Down
On September 5, Herman survived a "beat-down" by five to seven white correctional officers half his age at Great Meadow prison -- one of the more Klan-friendly joints in upstate New York. Two of Herman's…
