Laila Al-Arian, AlterNet. November 26, 2008. A Texas jury's guilty decision in the nation's largest terrorism financing trial since 9/11 reawakens the injustices of Bush's War on Terror.
Ian Welsh, Firedoglake AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 14, 2008. We cannot just ignore Bush's crimes and incompetence because Obama got elected.
Pam Spaulding, Pam's House Blend AlterNet: Video. February 11, 2008. The victim was kept in a cell for six hours, was not allowed to make a phone call or to get medical assistance for cuts and bruises she received.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. December 4, 2007. By imposing tougher penalties on those who break the law, we're becoming a society that is cutting off its nose to spite its face.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. September 24, 2007. You can't claim the moral high ground in the struggle for racial justice with a beat-up white kid at the bottom of the pile.
Sally Kohn, AlterNet. September 20, 2007. Why is it that mainstream white media and white folks in general are so obsessed (once again) with OJ's guilt but paying little or no attention to the innocence of the Jena Six?
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, New America Media. September 18, 2007. It is time we examine why a black teen is six times more likely to be tried and sentenced to prison than a young white, even when the crimes are similar.
James Rucker, Color of Change. August 8, 2007. You can help six youth in Louisiana who have been targeted by racial discrimination that could put them behind bars for decades.
Shahid Buttar, AlterNet. July 20, 2007. Right before the public kicked out the GOP in the 2006 elections, the Republicans succeeded in passing a law that could keep prisoners in the "war on terror" from ever facing a fair trial. It's time to rescind that law.
Howard Zinn, City Lights. May 3, 2007. An excerpt from Howard Zinn's new book -- a collection of essays on history, class and the strength of ordinary citizens -- explores the unfair trial of Sacco and Vanzetti and the flawed justice system that still haunts us today.
Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet. January 19, 2007. When lax cybersecurity meets anti-porn hysteria, an innocent computer infection can land you in jail. Just ask Julie Amero, a 40-year old substitute teacher who maintains she's a victim of a malicious software infestation that caused her computer to spawn porn uncontrollably.
Mark Engler, TomPaine.com. December 28, 2006. Despite the challenges presented by the current administration, the global justice movement has made impressive strides.
