The critic, journalist, and essayist has two new books just out—one a meditation on two anti-terrorist trials and what they tell us about our post-9/11 world (A Foreigner Carrying in the Crook of His Arm a Tiny...
August 31 marks what President Obama has heralded as the end of our combat mission in Iraq. But as the last of U.S. combat troops leave, they’ll be replaced by as many as 7,000 private contractors charged with guarding...
Last week, New York City Taxi Driver, Ahmed Sharif was stabbed by a passenger after being asked whether he was Muslim. The incident has received much attention in light of the on-going controversy around the Ground Zero...
On July 29th, the State of Arizona is expected to implement the controversial immigration law, SB 1070. To stand in solidarity with those fighting the law, groups in New York have organized a march across the Brooklyn...
The Federal Bureau of Prisons operates two “Communications Management Units” - experimental prison units in Illinois and Indiana designed to isolate prisoners from the general population. Two-thirds of the prisoners...
Last week, the Department of Justice filed a lawsuit against the State of Arizona to halt the enforcement of SB 1070, which is set to be implemented on July 29. Earlier this year the ACLU, MALDEF and the National...
An important recent decision by the US Supreme Court could have significant implications for free speech and constitutional rights. In Holder versus Humanitarian Law Project, the court decided that speech could be...
Over the past few months, a wave of high-profile wildcat strikes has been attracting attention in Chinese and Western media. Worker unrest at companies including Foxconn, which makes parts for Apple iPods, and the...
In New York City, 65% of the working poor and one-third of middle and higher income workers lack paid sick days. Legislation currently under consideration in the City Council would change this by guaranteeing paid sick...
Last week an estimated 15,000 people convened in Detroit for the US Social Forum, only the second such gathering to take place in this country. With over 1,000 workshops, fifty People's Movement Assemblies and...
