The Invisible Help: Why Arnold and DSK Thought They Could Get Away With It The Invisible Help: Why Arnold and DSK Thought They Could Get Away With It
The Schwarzenegger and Strauss-Kahn scandals have thrust the plight of the hired help into the spotlight. But usually these women are invisible, exploitable.
May 23, 2011 / S. Eudora Smith
Patriot Act Extension Scheme Sells Out the Constitution Patriot Act Extension Scheme Sells Out the Constitution
The plan to renew the Patriot Act may have the backing of Democratic and Republican Congressional leaders and the Obama White House. But this is bad bipartisanship.
May 23, 2011 / John Nichols
What If DSK’s Accuser Had Been Undocumented? What If DSK’s Accuser Had Been Undocumented?
Workplace sexual violence against women immigrants is rampant—but usually remains hidden.
May 19, 2011 / Betsy Reed
Video: Tracking the Army’s Secret Detainee Abuse Task Force Video: Tracking the Army’s Secret Detainee Abuse Task Force
The Army's on-the-ground investigative team in Iraq has failed to hold torturers and abusers accountable for their crimes.
May 14, 2011 / PBS
Memo Noting the Founding of the Detainee Abuse Task Force Memo Noting the Founding of the Detainee Abuse Task Force
This memo, dated August 17, 2004, notes that "On 28 Jul 04, the Detainee Abuse Task Force, was formed by USACIDC to investigate all allegations of Iraqi Detainee abuse involving Co...
May 14, 2011 / The Nation
January 2011 Response to Freedom of Information Act Request January 2011 Response to Freedom of Information Act Request
In this letter, the Army's associate deputy general counsel writes that the CID "never created an official 'Detainee Abuse Task Force.'"
May 14, 2011 / The Nation
Memo From the Detainee Abuse Task Force Memo From the Detainee Abuse Task Force
One of more than twenty CID documents from 2004 and 2005 obtained by the ACLU that reference the Detainee Abuse Task Force. This one, dated October 6, 2004, refers to five abuse ca...
May 14, 2011 / The Nation
Inside the Detainee Abuse Task Force Inside the Detainee Abuse Task Force
Former agents say Army accountability after Abu Ghraib was a whitewash.
May 13, 2011 / Feature / Joshua E.S. Phillips
The Executioner’s Dilemma The Executioner’s Dilemma
Because of a lethal injection drug shortage, some death penalty states have started tinkering with the drug cocktail used in the procedure. But in their rush to kill inmates, are o...
May 12, 2011 / Liliana Segura
Honoring Baltasar Garzón Honoring Baltasar Garzón
The Spanish judge who dared to hold brutal human rights violators to account is now fighting for his legal career.
May 12, 2011 / David Cole