Stories by Charlotte Silver

Charlotte Silver is a journalist based in San Francisco and the West Bank, Palestine. She is a graduate of Stanford University. subscribe to Charlotte Silver's feed

No Justice: Sex Offenses, No Matter How Minor or Understandable, Can Ruin You for Life

Posted on: Jul 23, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Why do we treat the most predatory and dangerous criminals the same as those who are not?

Here Come the Drone Wars in America -- The Public vs. Overzealous Police

Posted on: Jul 19, 2013, Source: Al Jazeera English

Using drones for surveillance in the US won't make overzealous police behaviour or lack of accountability disappear.

How Israel Gets Away With Torturing Palestinians to Death

Posted on: Feb 25, 2013, Source: Al Jazeera

In a decade, 700 Palestinians lodged complaints of torture. Not a single one has been criminally investigated.

Arrested for Your Politics in America? It's Already Happening

Posted on: Feb 18, 2013, Source: Al Jazeera

The nebulous but potent charge of terrorism has been used to systematically curtail justice.

Monsanto's Earnings Nearly Double as They Create a Farming Monopoly

Posted on: Jan 16, 2013, Source: Al Jazeera

Many farmers have decided to forego growing corn and soybeans due to the "inevitable contamination that will result."

How Monsanto Is Sabotaging Efforts to Label Genetically Modified Food

Posted on: Jun 26, 2012, Source: Inter Press Service

Lobbyists from the biotech industry are ardently opposing GMO labeling.