With military and law enforcement forces combing New
Orleans in the wake of the storm, why did the federal government feel compelled to hire private security firms Blackwater USA and BATS to keep the peace?
It's déjà-vu all over again: National Guard units and federal, state and local law enforcement are spying on antiwar activists.
In November, California voters will have their first
chance in a decade to reform the state's "three strikes and you're
out" law, which has imposed cruel life sentences on thousands for
rel
This article draws on reporting by Eyal Press, Esther Kaplan and Katha Pollitt.
When New York City was announced as the site of the Republican National Convention back in January 2003, it seemed an odd choice of location.
Just a few months before this summer's Republican National Convention in New York, the last three protesters to go to trial on charges stemming from the GOP convention in Philadelphia in 2000 wer
On the eve of mass protests, police tell tales that turn out not to be true.
On February 3 a law enforcement official working with the Joint Terrorism Task Force in Des Moines served a subpoena on Drake University seeking records on its student chapter of the National Law
There's a wonderful children's story by Roald Dahl titled Fantastic Mr. Fox. Mr. Fox is a wily fellow whose record of chicken theft has driven three local farmers to the point of madness.
For information on the Viveiros case:
www.friendsofcamilo.org.


