Tag: Guantánamo Bay
Justice derailed
Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation was not the first nail in the coffin of justice in America – and sadly, it’s unlikely to be the last.
A children’s Gitmo on the border
It's time to do what we have failed to do for so long now: push back hard on the truly un-American policies.
The banality of Haspel
It would be hard to find someone with more experience to run the CIA. And that’s why she’s a terrible choice.
Pentagon sued over Gitmo cancer outbreak
“Defendants took no steps to protect military commissions personnel from the risks associated with the carcinogens found at Camp Justice.”
U.S. Escalates Battle to Keep Guantánamo Force-Feeding Tapes Hidden
A federal judge had given the government until Friday to release footage in which a Syrian detainee was force-fed. The government has now appealed.
A Family Broken Up: Freed After 8 Years at Guantánamo, a...
Democracy Now discusses a story about a father and son who were held for many years at Guantánamo. Here is how their relationship was used against them in Guantánamo and what's become of them after their release.
Close Guantanamo—Then Give It Back to Cuba
This week is the 13th anniversary of the first post-9/11 prisoners arriving at Guantanamo Bay. This has people wondering: is it time to put an end to this dark chapter of U.S. history, close the prison and return the land to Cuba?
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Logic for progressives: an interview with Professor Ben Burgis
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Here are some of the climate-linked disasters and rollbacks Trump’s ‘environmental leadership’ speech didn’t...
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