On AlterNet: homeland security
Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "homeland security"
Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Politics. November 4, 2009.
The folks at Agit-Prop have a new animated game for you to play. Warning: It's not pretty.
Staff, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. October 29, 2009.
Seriously?
Adele Stan, AlterNet AlterNet: Health and Wellness. October 27, 2009.
Former Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Lieberman said he might join a Republican filibuster to stop a final vote on health-care reform.
Isabel Macdonald, AlterNet. October 20, 2009.
Local community organizers are calling on the DHS to go further in stripping rogue Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s powers.
Nick Baumann, MotherJones.com AlterNet: PEEK. October 16, 2009.
The provision was slipped into a Homeland Security spending bill "apparently under direct orders from the Administration."
Eric Boehlert, Media Matters for America AlterNet: Media and Technology. August 22, 2009.
Since news broke that Ridge admitted terror alerts were political, CNN has mentioned his name on air 41 times; MSNBC has 62 times. Not Fox.
Sandip Roy, New America Media. August 19, 2009.
Indian minister Ambika Soni suggested all Americans coming to India should be frisked.
Aura Bogado, AlterNet. August 7, 2009.
The South Louisiana Correctional Center has seen five hunger strikes in one month, as detainees are denied medical care and access to legal libraries.
Agence France Presse August 2, 2009.
U.S. officials are considering a plan to move Guantanamo detainees to a special prison camp that would also contain courtrooms and long-term living quarters.
The Washington Post June 17, 2009.
The decision would increase the number of federal drug agents, particularly on the border between the U.S. and Mexico.
Chip Ward, Tomdispatch.com. March 3, 2009.
The chances of being affected by a terrorist attack are slim, but disruptions to our far-flung supply lines for food, water and energy are a reality.
Raj Jayadev, New America Media. January 9, 2009.
The real American drama is the inspiring epic of immigrants struggling to survive in a nation that both needs and rejects them.
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly AlterNet: PEEK. December 7, 2008.
The irony is rich.
Diego Graglia, Feet in 2 Worlds AlterNet: Immigration. November 24, 2008.
Napolitano's approach on immigration is fundamentally pragmatic.
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Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet. November 22, 2008.
A new book by the award-winning photojournalist Nina Berman probes how the U.S. homeland security apparatus stokes fantasies about war.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: PEEK. November 20, 2008.
I guess it's too much to hope that her first order of business will be to defang and rename the creepily fascistic DHS.
ZP Heller, Meet the Bloggers AlterNet: Video. November 17, 2008.
Calls for Lieberman's ouster gaining Joe-mentum
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 27, 2008.
"As an African-American and a lesbian, I haven't been through one day without facing some sort of discrimination ... but this is just shocking."
Gregory Daurer, Huffington Post AlterNet: PEEK. August 20, 2008.
Somebody is expecting a crappy time.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. August 18, 2008.
In a series of quiet but sweeping measures, the Bush Administration is codifying the government's capacity to spy on its citizens.
Emily Feder, AlterNet. August 18, 2008.
I was recently stopped by Homeland Security as I was returning from a trip to Syria. What I saw in the hours that followed shocked and disturbed me.
Erik Camayd-Freixas, New America Media. July 14, 2008.
An interpreter struggles with his conscience after a massive immigration raid in Iowa.
Brave New Films, Brave New Films AlterNet: Video. May 20, 2008.
What happens when the FBI funds domestic terrorism?
Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. March 31, 2008.
You make the call.
Colin Meyn, In These Times. February 19, 2008.
The FDNY will now be on the lookout for "material or behavior that may indicate terrorist activities" during their day-to-day work.
