The CIA Didn’t Just Torture, It Experimented on Human Beings The CIA Didn’t Just Torture, It Experimented on Human Beings
Reframing the CIA’s interrogation techniques as a violation of scientific and medical ethics may be the best way to achieve accountability.
Dec 16, 2014 / Editorial / Lisa Hajjar
Enhanced Interrogation Techniques Enhanced Interrogation Techniques
The backing of regimes where torture’s used Was once an issue causing quite a fuss. But now, to paraphrase what Pogo said, We’ve met the torturers, and they are us.
Dec 16, 2014 / Column / Calvin Trillin
Latin America’s Lesson for the US: Prosecute the Torturers Latin America’s Lesson for the US: Prosecute the Torturers
The region’s transition out of dictatorship hinged on two words the United States would be wise to heed: “Never again.”
Dec 12, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Jo-Marie Burt and Foreign Policy In Focus
Why It’s So Hard to Write About Rape Why It’s So Hard to Write About Rape
Is it possible to be sensitive to victims while still being a discerning journalist?
Dec 11, 2014 / Salamishah Tillet
Whom Should College Students Really Call When They Are Sexually Assaulted on Campus? Whom Should College Students Really Call When They Are Sexually Assaulted on Campus?
At a Senate hearing, Kirsten Gillibrand says that “survivors have lost trust in law enforcement”—but can they trust their colleges either?
Dec 10, 2014 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
Why It’s Impossible to Indict a Cop Why It’s Impossible to Indict a Cop
It’s not just Ferguson—here’s how the system protects police.
Nov 25, 2014 / Chase Madar
Mexico’s Undead Rise Up Mexico’s Undead Rise Up
With forty-three disappeared student teachers presumed dead, Mexican popular resistance is creating new alternatives to the militarized narco-state.
Nov 20, 2014 / Foreign Policy In Focus / Charlotte María Sáenz and Foreign Policy In Focus
How a Strange, Secretive, Cult-like Company Is Waging Legal War Against Journalists How a Strange, Secretive, Cult-like Company Is Waging Legal War Against Journalists
The lawsuit filed by the NXIVM company against a Vanity Fair writer and a local reporter invokes the same computer hacking law used against Aaron Swartz.
Nov 18, 2014 / William D. Cohan
How One California City Began Bringing Its Murder Rate Down—Without Cops How One California City Began Bringing Its Murder Rate Down—Without Cops
While other cities have embraced heavy-handed policing tactics, Richmond, California, has offered mentoring and money to its most at-risk young men.
Nov 12, 2014 / Cities Rising / Heather Tirado Gilligan
These 3 Men Have Been Locked Up For Almost 20 Years. Are They Innocent? These 3 Men Have Been Locked Up For Almost 20 Years. Are They Innocent?
In 1996, the NYPD charged George Bell, Gary Johnson and Rohan Bolt in the brutal Davis-Epstein murders, but the evidence was never airtight.
Oct 29, 2014 / Hannah Riley