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Law enforcement appears to be regularly sending subpoenas to social media companies. This time, the target found out about it.

Gitmo in the present millennium is no departure at all from the American tradition in Guantánamo Bay.

With foreclosure and unemployment rates even higher for veterans, their participation in the Occupy movement was inevitable.

What is it about being embedded with the military that turns normally thoughtful journalists into war boosters?

“Support our troops” is an unconditional American mantra. We’re told to celebrate them as warrior-liberators, as heroes, as the finest fighters the world has ever known. What we’re not told to do is listen to them.

Sergeant Chuck Luther seeks justice after his torture at the hands of the US military.

Female Engagement Teams join the counterinsurgency.

The Black Minutes, a nuanced neo-noir, conveys how narco-violence has leached the Mexican justice system of meaning.

MRAPs, sprained ankles, air conditioning, farting contests and other snapshots from the American war in Afghanistan.

The CIA and me and other adventures in American sports.