Puerto Rico’s Policing Crisis Puerto Rico’s Policing Crisis
Brutality is an old problem, one that has worsened under the government of Luis Fortuño.
Dec 6, 2011 / Feature / Ed Morales
Maybe I Would Be Alone Maybe I Would Be Alone
COLLEGE WINNER: Catastrophe is different when it is personal.
Dec 2, 2011 / Bryce Wilson Stucki
The Real J. Edgar The Real J. Edgar
Clint Eastwood's cinematic exploration of the FBI chief's rise to power is little more than a comforting myth.
Nov 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gage
Baseness: On Guantánamo Baseness: On Guantánamo
Gitmo in the present millennium is no departure at all from the American tradition in Guantánamo Bay.
Nov 30, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Peter C. Baker
Former Seattle Police Chief: His Reaction to WTO Protests Was the ‘Worst Decision of My 34-Year Career’ Former Seattle Police Chief: His Reaction to WTO Protests Was the ‘Worst Decision of My 34-Year Career’
“When you have people in leadership positions who are not exercising self-discipline and restraint, it’s reasonable to expect their followers to do likewise,” sai...
Nov 30, 2011 / Press Room
Free Speech for Government Employees Free Speech for Government Employees
A case being heard this month will likely define the free speech rights of federal employees and so determine the quality of people who will make up our government.
Nov 28, 2011 / Peter Van Buren
Do We Have Any Right to Privacy Outside Our Homes? Do We Have Any Right to Privacy Outside Our Homes?
The Department of Justice has told the Supreme Court that police should be allowed to secretly put GPS devices on our cars. But we have already surrendered more privacy than we rea...
Nov 22, 2011 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Civil Society at Ground Zero Civil Society at Ground Zero
Occupy Wall Street has exposed a system that regards people as disposable, but not usually so literally.
Nov 22, 2011 / Rebecca Solnit
Former Seattle Police Chief: OWS Reveals the Militarization of Our Police Forces Former Seattle Police Chief: OWS Reveals the Militarization of Our Police Forces
In reaction to escalation of the "wars" on drugs and terror, police forces throughout the country have rapidly militarized.
Nov 18, 2011 / Press Room
VIDEO: Arrests at Occupy Wall Street VIDEO: Arrests at Occupy Wall Street
At least 175 people were arrested during a concerted action to shut down New York's financial district.
Nov 17, 2011 / Francis Reynolds