Free Private Manning

In April, the Army transferred Private Bradley Manning from solitary confinement at Quantico, Virginia to the federal prison at Leavenworth, Kansas. At Quantico, according to a Human Rights Watch report, the military had shackled Manning, stripped him naked, and...
The Con to Criminalize Immigrants

The Con to Criminalize Immigrants

The only time four-year-old Logan got to play hide-and-seek with his dad this year was through a Plexiglass window at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, Georgia, nine hours from his hometown. A person might be detained in a for-profit center like Stewart for any...

End the Pot Prohibition

I have a confession to make. I hope it won’t make you think ill of me. I have never smoked marijuana, not even a puff. Not ever. Not that I didn’t have my chances. Back in 1970 I was covering the Wadena Rock Festival in Iowa (sort of Woodstock lite) when a...

Proving Innocence

Imagine being locked up on death row for 20 long years with no physical evidence linking you to the crime. You’ve been convicted thanks to “eyewitnesses,” most of whom have changed their stories. How would you feel as you face the executioner? Troy...