Stories by Liliana Segura
Alvaro Uribe could be re-elected through just the type of referendum the ousted Manuel Zelaya has been accused of trying to carry out.
Posted on Jul 2, 2009
A new report finds people on the terrorist watch list can more easily buy guns than board planes. But the real problem lies deeper than that.
Posted on Jun 27, 2009
The transfer of four Uighur prisoners to Bermuda has been treated like a happy human-interest story, but the truth is far darker.
Posted on Jun 20, 2009
At AlterNet, I'm fighting for a society that doesn't victimize the innocent and vulnerable. To do it right, I need your support.
Posted on Jun 12, 2009
Exposing the latest and slimiest ways the "financial services" industry is raking it in from cash-crunched Americans.
Posted on Jun 10, 2009
A surprising poll shows that by wide margins, Americans don't want to see Gitmo shut down -- here's why it should be closed forever.
Posted on Jun 6, 2009
Today marks the 200th execution under Perry, a record even deadlier than George W. Bush's tenure. What's the matter with Texas?
Posted on Jun 2, 2009
How far is Obama going to roll back the legacy of Bush's torture policies?
Posted on May 16, 2009
A teenage girl is strip-searched and gets snickered at by old men in robes for challenging it -- what's so funny about the Fourth Amendment?
Posted on May 9, 2009
Abandoned animals and "foreclosure pets" are the innocent victims of our financial downward spiral.
Posted on Apr 28, 2009
Amid citizen outrage and news that torture was used to extract a link between Iraq and al Qaeda, Eric Holder won't say if he intends to prosecute.
Posted on Apr 24, 2009
The man who blew the lid off Bush's spying program believes more details on government spying must, and will, come to light.
Posted on Apr 18, 2009
Slamming prisoners into walls, locking them in boxes with insects; these memos are the smoking gun for the sadistic crimes of the Bush administration.
Posted on Apr 17, 2009
The
New Yorker's Jane Mayer discusses the fallout from the Red Cross' shocking report on CIA torture and its serious legal implications.
Posted on Apr 11, 2009
Watch out: 50,000-volt Tasers are deployed in London this week; meanwhile, a new model can 'instantly incapacitate' multiple people at a time.
Posted on Apr 2, 2009
Words matter, as Obama said on the campaign trail. But when it comes to his detention and counterterrorism policies, his actions are speaking louder.
Posted on Mar 17, 2009
The author of A People's History of the United States discusses his newest project and why dissent is as important as ever.
Posted on Mar 12, 2009
Obama is adding religious advisers to the executive branch and kicking off events with prayers vetted by his staff.
Posted on Mar 5, 2009
As Eric Holder calls for "frank conversations" on race in the U.S., the NY Post cartoon controversy reveals how far we have to go.
Posted on Feb 20, 2009
A famous 1970s experiment was recently replicated, revealing what it takes for us to question and resist those in positions of authority.
Posted on Feb 12, 2009
Attorneys representing the Obama administration are defending one of the most controversial practices of the Bush administration.
Posted on Feb 10, 2009
It seems Bush's lust for spying went so far as to target reporters, and even the senator tasked with overseeing U.S. intelligence.
Posted on Jan 24, 2009
As states grapple with record budget deficits, more politicians are looking toward criminal justice reform to cut costs.
Posted on Jan 22, 2009
What will Obama do, and how could he screw it up, given the fact that pretty much everything is riding on him getting things right the first time?
Posted on Jan 17, 2009
In his confirmation hearing, Holder called waterboarding "torture," but his support for preventive detention and warrantless spying is bad news.
Posted on Jan 16, 2009
As Europe calls for a ceasefire, Israel is accused of cruel tactics and use of deadly white phosphorous in its blood-soaked assault on Gaza.
Posted on Jan 6, 2009
A.C. Thompson discusses his Nation report on the men who roamed New Orleans shooting African Americans. (With full text of Thompson's article).
Posted on Dec 20, 2008
Taser's marketing coup has convinced consumers that there is such a thing as a gun that won't kill. Taser deaths prove otherwise.
Posted on Dec 13, 2008
The NRA and Co. have pushed campaigns to allow concealed-weapons permits on college campuses in 15 states this year and failed in all of them.
Posted on Dec 9, 2008
Montell Johnson was sent from California to Illinois to be executed. His sentence was commuted. Now he's dying from medical neglect.
Posted on Dec 5, 2008
Obama isn't likely to pursue torture atrocities during the Bush era, but this is one problem you simply can't wish away.
Posted on Nov 28, 2008
With shoot first/ask questions later legislation passing across the country, are more Americans getting away with murder?
Posted on Nov 14, 2008
The first Muslim in Congress, no stranger to the prejudice and fearmongering leveled at Obama, explains why these attacks ultimately fail.
Posted on Nov 2, 2008
A 25-year fight to bring Jon Burge and police who systematically tortured black men to justice makes a critical breakthrough.
Posted on Oct 27, 2008
Months after the Pentagon pundits flap, the Department of Defense continues to hand down contracts for propaganda in Iraq and beyond.
Posted on Oct 17, 2008
Carl Bernstein, Kai Wright, Robert Dreyfuss, Campbell Brown -- and more -- take McCain's fearmongering to task.
Posted on Oct 15, 2008
"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
"It's like we don't have rights. Like we don't even live here."
Posted on Sep 3, 2008
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
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
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