Why Are Americans Paying to Be Searched, Spied On, Shot At and Robbed Blind by the Government? by John W. Whitehead, Rutherford Institute
When Will We Put a Stop to Shaker Aamer’s Horrific Guantánamo Ordeal? by Clive Stafford Smith, Guardian
How America’s Drug War Sparked the North Country Prison Boom by Brian Mann, North Country Public Radio
The Deportation President: Obama Has Banished Nearly 1.6 Million People for Minor Offenses Like Traffic Violations by Katie McDonough, AlterNet
As Brazil Marks 50th Anniversary of the Coup, More People Open Up About the Dictatorship by Dom Phillips, Washington Post
The SSCI Report and the Right to the Truth about the CIA’s Secret Detention and Extraordinary Rendition Program by Meg Satterthwaite, Just Security
Crime Is Down in Denver after Pot’s Legalization, but AP Still Wants to Scare Us by Radley Balko, Washington Post
You Can Have My Knife When You Pry It from My Cold, Dead Hands by A. Barton Hinkle, Richmond Times-Dispatch
The “Cuban Twitter” Scam Is a Drop in the Internet Propaganda Bucket by Glenn Greenwald, The Intercept
Inside America’s Deep State: How Rahinah Ibrahim Went Missing For Nine Years By Clerical Error by David Stockman, Contra Corner