Stories by Stephan Salisbury

 Stephan Salisbury is cultural writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer and a TomDispatch regular.  His most recent book is Mohamed’s Ghosts: An American Story of Love and Fear in the Homeland. subscribe to Stephan Salisbury's feed

Aurora Gets the Attention, But Guns Are Going Off Everywhere

Posted on: Jul 29, 2012, Source: TomDispatch

The weekend of July 20th became all-Aurora-all-the-time, but what about the shootings, happening around the country, of young men of color by police?

Drones in Texas and Tanks in Tampa: Inside the Out-Of-Control Weaponized Homeland Security State

Posted on: Mar 4, 2012, Source: TomDispatch.com

Government budgets at every level now include allocations aimed at fighting an ephemeral “War on Terror” in the United States.

Right-Wingers Should Stop Underestimating Americans: Turns Out, Muslim Bashing Doesn't Win Elections

Posted on: Jul 17, 2011, Source: TomDispatch.com

The vast majority of the electorate seems to be viewing anti-Muslim alarms as a distraction from other, far more pressing problems: real problems.

Right-Wing Terrorism: Murders Grow on the Far Right

Posted on: Jan 16, 2011, Source: TomDispatch.com

The American landscape is pockmarked by the wreckage left behind by angry, white male extremists.

United States of Fear: How Right-Wing Lawmakers Will Use Absurd Terrorism Conspiracy Theories to Curb Your Freedoms

Posted on: Dec 20, 2010, Source: TomDispatch.com

Republican members of the incoming Congress are looking for terrorism in ever more startling places.

Surveillance State: Government Snooping, Prying, and Informing Worse Than You Think

Posted on: Oct 3, 2010, Source: TomDispatch.com

Tainted character, ruined trust and the disruption of democratic politics are the great achievements of state surveillance.

The Far-Right's Anti-Mosque Mania Spreads from Ground Zero to Across the U.S., Pointing to Dark Politics Ahead

Posted on: Aug 11, 2010, Source: TomDispatch.com

The phony 'debate' over the construction of an Islamic cultural center near the former World Trade Center portends darker things to come.

The Assault on American Muslims Puts All Americans in Danger

Posted on: May 23, 2010, Source: TomDispatch.com

Covert police actions against U.S. Muslims lead to broken homes, deported parents, bereft children, suicides, killings -- and they make everyone less safe.

Deportations & Mosque Closings: The War on Terror's Domestic Toll

Posted on: Mar 11, 2010, Source: Nation Books

The War on Terror has ravaged many Muslim communities in the United States. Clerics and other community leaders are deported with no due process.