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Stories by Liliana Segura

While the U.S. Dilly Dallies on Honduras, We Continue to Support a Right-Wing Thug in Colombia

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 Comedy of Errors': Why It's Time to Get Rid of the So-Called Terrorist Watch List

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

Life After Guantanamo: Why the Media's Happy-Ending Narrative Is Totally Bankrupt

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

Note from AlterNet: I Tell Stories for People Who Can't Tell Their Own -- We Need Your Support

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

Is Your Newest Facebook Friend a Sleazeball Debt Collector?

Exposing the latest and slimiest ways the "financial services" industry is raking it in from cash-crunched Americans.
Posted on Jun 10, 2009

Five New Reasons (and One Old One) Why We Must Close Guantanamo Now

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

200 Executions and Counting: Texas Gov. Rick Perry's Cruel Death Tally

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

Controversy Over Torture Photos and Military Commissions Heats Up in Washington

How far is Obama going to roll back the legacy of Bush's torture policies?
Posted on May 16, 2009

'The Most Humiliating Experience I Have Ever Had' -- Why Is the Supreme Court So Callous About Privacy?

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

The Soaring Rate of Abandoned Animals Is the Latest Sign of a Deep Economic Crisis

Abandoned animals and "foreclosure pets" are the innocent victims of our financial downward spiral.
Posted on Apr 28, 2009

Thousands of Pages of Evidence and a Quarter Million Signatures: What Will It Take For Attorney General to Prosecute Torture Crimes?

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

'A Ton More People Were Wiretapped Than We've Been Led to Believe': FBI Whistleblower Thomas Tamm

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

New Bush Torture Bombshell Memos: 10 Horrifying Discoveries

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

'These People Fear Prosecution': Why Bush's CIA Team Should Worry About Its Dark Embrace of Torture

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

Tasers Are the New Killers: Watch Their Popularity Surge!

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

No More 'Enemy Combatants' -- But Is Obama Merely Rebranding Bush's 'War on Terror'?

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

Howard Zinn: Obama "Is Going to Need Demonstrations and Protest and Letters and Petitions" to Do the Right Things

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

Is Obama Bringing Too Much Religion into the White House?

Obama is adding religious advisers to the executive branch and kicking off events with prayers vetted by his staff.
Posted on Mar 5, 2009

Are Americans 'Cowards' About Race? Anti-NY Post Protesters Speak Out

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

Questioning Authority: A Rethinking of the Infamous Milgram Experiments

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

Obama's Legal Team Copies Bush's 'State Secrets' Trick to Cover Up Torture and Renditions

Attorneys representing the Obama administration are defending one of the most controversial practices of the Bush administration.
Posted on Feb 10, 2009

Whistleblower Levels Shocking Allegations at Bush's Spying Programs

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

A Silver Lining to the Economic Crisis: Less Money for Prisons

As states grapple with record budget deficits, more politicians are looking toward criminal justice reform to cut costs.
Posted on Jan 22, 2009

Obama on the Precipice: The Ten Worst Things He Could Do When He Takes Over

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

Obama's Top Law Enforcer Is Preoccupied with Bush's War on Terror

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

Atrocities in Gaza: Piecing Together the Story

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

No Justice for the African-Americans Targeted by White Vigilantes After the Katrina Flooding

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

Tasers Are Sold as 'Non-Lethal' -- But They've Killed 400 So Far

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

Gun Crazy: Firearms Proponents Want a World Where College Kids Carry Concealed Weapons

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

Should a Terminally Ill Prisoner Have to Die Behind Bars?

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

If Obama Doesn't Prosecute Bush's Torture Team, We'll Pay a Big Price Down the Road

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

"Justifiable Homicides" Are on the Rise: Have Self-Defense Laws Gone Too Far?

With shoot first/ask questions later legislation passing across the country, are more Americans getting away with murder?
Posted on Nov 14, 2008

Rep. Keith Ellison on the Ugly Attacks Obama Has Faced in the Election

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

Families of the Victims Tortured by Chicago Detectives Rejoice at First Arrest

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

Private Military Contractors Writing the News? The Pentagon's Propaganda at Its Worst

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

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

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