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Stories by Liliana Segura

Backlash: Six Challenges to McCain's Racist Fearmongering

Carl Bernstein, Kai Wright, Robert Dreyfuss, Campbell Brown -- and more -- take McCain's fearmongering to task.
Posted on Oct 15, 2008

As Vets Take to the Streets to Protest the War, McCain Snubs IVAW at the RNC

"War hero" McCain voted against healthcare funding for veterans in 2003, '04, '05, '06 and '07. Now veterans are confronting him on his record.
Posted on Sep 6, 2008

As Unlawful Arrests Continue, St. Paul Feels Like a City Under Siege for Some Residents

"It's like we don't have rights. Like we don't even live here."
Posted on Sep 3, 2008

RNC Raids Have Been Targeting Video Activists

In the run-up to the Republican convention, Minnesota police launched a series of preemptive raids to intimidate protesters and quash dissent.
Posted on Sep 1, 2008

Stop the Execution: Jeff Wood Faces Death Tomorrow for a Murder He Didn't Commit

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles has unanimously denied clemency for Jeff Wood, a man who killed no one. This cannot be tolerated.
Posted on Aug 20, 2008

Afghanistan: Iraq All Over Again

We did not invade Afghanistan to help the Afghan people. So why are so many progressives buying into that myth?
Posted on Aug 5, 2008

Obama's Draconian New Death Penalty Stance

In a reactionary political calculation, Barack Obama comes out in support of the death penalty for child rape.
Posted on Jun 27, 2008

Anti-War Soldier Jonathan Hutto: People, Not Politicians, Will End the War in Iraq

The author of Antiwar Soldier discusses the GI movement, the election and why "the military needs racism" to fight its wars.
Posted on Jun 25, 2008

Supreme Court to Bush: You Are Not Above the Law, Gitmo Detainees Have Right to Habeas Corpus

After a six-year battle that cut to the Constitution's core, a look at how advocates for Gitmo prisoners won a major victory against Bush.
Posted on Jun 13, 2008

America's Cruel and Unusual Culture: Why Do We Execute the Mentally Handicapped?

A Supreme Court ruling recently gave states the green light to resume executions; two of the first three executed prisoners were mentally disabled.
Posted on May 31, 2008

Exonerations Continue Across the Country -- But Are Innocent Prisoners Ever Truly Free?

On May 21, after nearly 26 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit, Michigan prisoner Walter Swift was finally released. But is he really free?
Posted on May 22, 2008

Iraq Vets Testify to War Atrocities, Vow to Fight and Resist Bush Policy

Angry vets testify to horrors of killing innocent people, and the way they came to dehumanize those they were supposedly sent to "liberate."
Posted on May 20, 2008

Life Will Never Return to Normal for an Injured Vet Like Tomas Young

Phil Donahue's documentary Body of War offers a chilling view of how the lies that led us to war changed the life of one Iraq veteran.
Posted on May 1, 2008

"This Case is Not Over": Death Row Prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal Still Fighting for his Life

With the world's most famous death row prisoner recently denied a new trial, activists take to the streets on April 19th.
Posted on Apr 19, 2008

The Supreme Court Brings Back the Death Penalty

With a 7-2 ruling ending a moratorium on state-sanctioned killing, states across the country are gearing up to resume executions.
Posted on Apr 17, 2008

Alberto Gonzales: Will Lie for Food

The New York Times reports that the former attorney general can't find a job. That should be the least of his problems.
Posted on Apr 14, 2008

Memo Shows Bush Administration Says to Hell With Fourth Amendment Rights

News that the Bush administration threw out the Fourth Amendment after 9/11 is a sobering reminder of the lawlessness of its spying program.
Posted on Apr 10, 2008

Bush Policy: Quick Border Fence Trumps the Environment

Current controversy aside, the border "fence" is one of those harebrained schemes that might be funny if it weren't so cynical and racist.
Posted on Apr 3, 2008

Bush's Open-Records Order a Sham

A recent report shows that the Bush administration has failed to deliver on its promise to cut the FOIA backlog. This is no accident.
Posted on Mar 26, 2008

Lethal Injustice: No New Trial for Death Row Prisoner Troy Davis

The Georgia Supreme Court refuses to grant a new trial to a death row prisoner who is almost certainly innocent.
Posted on Mar 20, 2008

Veterans Decry Institutional Sexism in Military

Gender panel at Winter Soldier conference suggests pattern of condescending to outright sexist behavior in the armed forces.
Posted on Mar 17, 2008

About Those New Seven Deadly Sins

The Vatican's talk of "social sins" may indicate progress. But before it speaks for social responsibility, the Church has to have to take some itself.
Posted on Mar 15, 2008

Sordid Details on 'Black Site' at Diego Garcia Island Come to Light

For years, America has been using a British island as a landing pad for its torture taxis -- only now has the U.K. admitted to it.
Posted on Mar 11, 2008

Mukasey's Racist Threats on Changing Crack Sentencing Fall on Deaf Ears

The attorney general's last-ditch attempt to preserve our federal crack cocaine sentencing guidelines was pure "War on Drugs" propaganda.
Posted on Mar 8, 2008

America Behind Bars: Why Attempts at Prison Reform Keep Failing

A bloated prison system is against the country's best interests. Yet "tough on crime" rhetoric has gotten in the way of reform.
Posted on Mar 5, 2008

McCain Torture Endorsement Lost Amid Media Sex Scandal Frenzy

The media missed a damning story that has actual implications for American democracy.
Posted on Feb 22, 2008

Where Does Obama Come Down on Bush's 'War on Terror'?

Barack Obama has pushed for restoring habeas corpus and closing Gitmo, but some of his positions on terrorism and civil liberties are vague.
Posted on Feb 9, 2008

Give Them Death: Three Leading Democratic Candidates Support Capital Punishment

Opposing the death penalty used to distinguish Democrats from Republicans. Now, across party lines, death is just another day at the office.
Posted on Jan 25, 2008

The Bush Era's Dark Legacy of Torture

It is impossible to tell the difference between the dark stories emerging from Bush's "extraordinary renditions" policy and the Hollywood fiction about horrible torture.
Posted on Oct 27, 2007

What Makes Criminal Suspects Give a False Confession?

The confession makes a guilty verdict almost automatic. So why are many "suspects" making false confessions?
Posted on Oct 2, 2007

Craigslist Is the Newest Target in the War on Prostitution

Having largely failed to make a dent in sex solicitation on the streets, law enforcement is now using Craiglist to bust people trading money for sex.
Posted on Sep 12, 2007

Innocent Man Sentenced to Death Under Cruel Texas Law

Kenneth Foster faces death for a crime he didn't commit because of a twist of Texas law that enables a jury to sentence someone to death even if he or she had no proven role in a murder.
Posted on Aug 14, 2007