Open Letter to The Pulitzer Center and Mr. Vernaschi
I should like to take the time to address some of the issues raised in Marco Vernaschi’s response to his critics on the Pulitzer Center’s website. Both Jon Sawyer, director […]
View ArticleZahra’s Paradise: An On-line Graphic Novella
Set in the aftermath of Iran’s fraudulent elections of 2009, Zahra’s Paradise is the fictional story of the search for Mehdi, a young protestor who has disappeared in the Islamic […]
View ArticleThe Face That Launched a Thousand Drones?
The much talked about August 9 Time magazine cover, unabashed in its aim to shore up support for the war effort in Afghanistan, has left many still shaking their heads […]
View ArticleURGENT ACTION: DEMAND THE RELEASE OF ONLINE NEWS EDITOR
UPDATE: RSF is reporting Chiranuch Premchaiporn has been released on bail of 200, 000 bahts. As of the latest reports, charges still stand against her. Chiranuch Premchaiporn, an online news […]
View ArticleLand of OÅ›
By Danny Ghitis This series focuses on the complex nature of life in the Polish town, OÅ›wiÄ™cim, better known for its German name, Auschwitz. As a grandson of a Holocaust […]
View ArticleGeneral Strike in France
© Anne Holmes 2010 Starting in early September the French began taking to the streets in a series of general strikes following the introduction of a new reform raising the […]
View ArticleOpen Letter to the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence re....
By Josh Steiber Josh Stieber was deployed in “The Surge†from Feb 07-Apr 08. Assigned to a district near Sadr City in Baghdad, the Infantry Company that Stieber deployed with […]
View ArticleCampania InFelix: The Triangle of Death
By Matt Nager For nearly two decades, Campania, the southern region of Italy where Naples is located, has witnessed the ongoing practice of illegal toxic material dumping. This practice has […]
View ArticleAlert: 24 hours to Save Sakineh from Death Sentence in Iran
UPDATE: (Sakineh’s execution has been averted. Click Here for more information on how to help her get out of prison.) Iranian authorities could execute Sakineh Ashtiani today. This July, a […]
View Article15,000 New Civilian Deaths Uncovered in Leaked Files
by Angus Stickler and Emma Slater At least 122,000 civilians were killed during the US-led occupation of Iraq, 15,000 more than previously thought. The civilian toll accounts for 80 per […]
View ArticleWikileaks, War Crimes, and the Rise of the Fascist State
On March 19, 2003, I was sitting at the bar of Jaks Tap in Chicago’s West Loop with a friend when the large television screen above flickered for a moment. […]
View ArticleInterview with Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights
Have a listen to excerpts of my interview with Michael Ratner, from which I quote liberally in this article. Mr. Ratner is president of The Center for Constitutional Rights out […]
View ArticleKibera Then and Now
KIBERA, Kenya (ILO Online) – Deep within the labyrinth of this bustling informal settlement’s infinite network of footpaths, a young man tends to rows of plants in a small community […]
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE Interview: DVB Chief Returns to Burma After 24 Years of Exile
Joseph Stiglitz, the Nobel Prize-winning US economist, recently wrote an article on Burma that has widely been syndicated around the world. In it he says it is time for the […]
View Article21st Century Statecraft: The Rise and Fall of Invisible Children
In the wake of Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 viral video frenzy and the cataclysmic meltdown of the organization’s leader Jason Russell, it is worth deconstructing the phenomenon beyond mere...
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