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Guantanamo is a constitutional debacle. We can't tolerate it
New Jersey Herald via Yahoo News· 7 months agoWhen President George W. Bush formulated the concept of an American Devil’s Island in Cuba, he did...
Bush, Guantanamo and the rule of law | Napolitano
New Jersey Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLast week, the government announced that it does not want to try Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four of his colleagues whom it claims are the remaining...
Everything you need to know about Guantanamo Bay
WE ARE THE MIGHTY via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe Guantanamo Bay Camps, or Gitmo as it's commonly known, represent an evolving and complex approach to detainment and security management by the United...
Torture comes home to roost. When will we care?
New Jersey Herald via Yahoo News· 9 months ago“Maybe there is a beast. Maybe it’s only us.” — William Golding, 1911-1993, “Lord of the Flies” Hidden within some folks are the souls of saints. Hidden...
Editorial: Infamy taints Guantanamo’s 20-year history. It’s past time to shut it down.
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJust two days after taking office in 2009, President Barack Obama ordered the shutdown of Guantanamo. The detention compound at the U.S. naval base on the southern coast of Cuba was built to ...
From Camp Pendleton to Cuba: Marine remembers the invasion that almost happened
The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOct. 20—Sixty years ago this month, a U2 reconnaissance plane overflew Cuba and took a series of photos that rocked the White House; the proof was in those images that the Soviet Union was installing ...
Inside the DeSantis Doc That Showtime Didn’t Want You to See
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPhoto Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/GettyWhen executives at Showtime pulled a VICE...
Editorial Roundup: United States
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIf the Guantánamo Bay detention facility were a person, it would be old enough to drink. Just over 21 years ago, U.S. authorities took the first detainees to the naval base in Cuba, stashing ...
The forever prisoners at Guantanamo need our attention | Napolitano
New Jersey Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years ago"I hold it that a little rebellion now and then is a good thing, and as necessary in the political...
The Shameful and Forgotten Origin of Guantanamo Bay
Rolling Stone via Yahoo News· 2 years agoIn an excerpt from his new book, Viral Underclass, preeminent LGBTQ scholar, social critic, and journalist Steven W. Thrasher documents the founding of...