GiTMO Prisoners, Their Hunger Strikes, and Our Humanity
The Guantanamo Hunger Strike Should Remind Us of Prisoners’ Humanity —and Reawaken Ours. Recently, Olga Khazan, The Atlantic’s global editor, …
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Endless War, Radical Presidential Power, and a Rotted Political Culture: A Talk by Glenn Greenwald
Here’s a clip of a talk that Guardian commentator Glenn Greenwald did at Hampshire College a few weeks ago. After …
New York’s Finest Islamophobes
Here’s another piece I wrote today, published over at Salon. It’s based on a new report published today about NYPD …
The submissive, indifferent Democrats
I know I haven’t posted anything in a while, but I do have a piece out today. Click through to …
The Onion’s Hipster Misogyny
Another piece I wrote. The rest is over at Salon…. The Onion’s hipster Misogyny Being ironic, self-aware, and knowing something …
Response to the Responses to Liberal Racial Hypocrisy
Happily, my article over at Salon has generated a lot of conversation. I wanted to respond to the comments, but …
Liberal Racial Hypocrisy
Today, Salon has published an article of mine. I’m thrilled to publish it there. Article starts below. Click below to …
The Department of Homeland Security Wants YOU to Help Keep America Safe
I’ve been posting less frequently in the last few weeks, in part because I’ve returned to my other work commitments …
GiTMO: 11 Years of Pre-Emptive Policing, Indefinite Detention, and Human Rights Violations
As many of you already are aware, today is the 11th anniversary of Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility. My thoughts on …
Swedish Government’s Story on Renditions Appears to Change
Yesterday, an English-language Swedish newspaper, The Local, reported that Anders Jorle, from the Sweden’s Foreign Ministry, called a “failure” the …
Fear and Loathing of and by Brown People: Let's Remember Our Histories
Reblogged from Translation Exercises: Yesterday, I received this message on a list of family friends and relatives who would self-identify …
Without Papers: Human but Not a Person
Several days ago in Paris, the city welcomed me with a bit of adventure. Within an hour of arriving, my …
The NYT and “Targeted Killings”: Which Fork to Use?
The NYT Room for Debate of yesterday led with the question: How can Targeted Killings Ever Be Justified? It was …
Matt Stoller on Dysfunctions of Politics and the Politics of the Obama Administration
Hi folks, I promise to have a post (or 2) coming in the next 24 hours…about the DNC but also …
Shrien Dewani, Julian Assange, and British Justice
“…[V]iolence… threatens [the law] not by the ends that it may pursue but by its mere existence outside …
Mistaken Identities: Hindu Sikhs, Not-Muslims, and Domestic Terrorists
As I heard of the horrific massacre at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek Wisconsin yesterday, I went online, on …
Hiatus or, why I haven’t posted much for months
I trepidatiously checked the stats today after months away, expecting to find that the numbers had dropped to 0. I …
Marcellus Andrews on Up with Chris Hayes Saturday, May 26: 8-10 AM
I never blog advertisements for TV, but since we live in an age of exception: One of our very own …
Amherst, MA Opts out of ICE’s Secure Communities Program
This post inaugurates my return to the blogosphere. Many topics to discuss, coming soon: VAWA, the unsung heroes surrounding Chen …
Dharun Ravi, Raymond Kelly, and the US state: one man’s spying is another man’s leadership
Apologies for having been missing for a few weeks. Learning—re-learning–a language seems to have rendered me mute in English. There …
