John Kiriakou | As the Haspel Nomination Looms, the World Is Watching
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John Kiriakou | As the Haspel Nomination Looms, the World Is Watching
John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "At every free moment during the week that I was in Athens, with every single interlocutor, their questions for me were the same: How in the world could the U.S. government have a known torturer as director of the CIA?"
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John Kiriakou, Reader Supported News
Kiriakou writes: "At every free moment during the week that I was in Athens, with every single interlocutor, their questions for me were the same: How in the world could the U.S. government have a known torturer as director of the CIA?"
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Gina Haspel leading a toast to Ambassador Hugh Montgomery at an awards dinner in October 2017. (photo: YouTube)
Over 100 Retired Military Leaders Author Letter Opposing Gina Haspel
Maya Rhodan, TIME
Rhodan writes: "In a letter to members of the U.S. Senate, 109 retired generals and admirals said they were 'deeply troubled' by the prospect of Gina Haspel being named CIA director given her links to the former U.S. torture program."
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Maya Rhodan, TIME
Rhodan writes: "In a letter to members of the U.S. Senate, 109 retired generals and admirals said they were 'deeply troubled' by the prospect of Gina Haspel being named CIA director given her links to the former U.S. torture program."
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Nancy Pelosi. (photo: Anne Epstein/Getty Images)
The Republicans' Desperate Obsession With Nancy Pelosi
Jeet Heer, The New Republic
Heer writes: "Republicans became obsessed with Pelosi the moment she ascended as a national figure."
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Jeet Heer, The New Republic
Heer writes: "Republicans became obsessed with Pelosi the moment she ascended as a national figure."
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A security contractor frisks a detainee ahead of a deportation flight to Honduras. (photo: Getty Images)
How Asylum Works - and Doesn't Work
Kavitha Surana, ProPublica
Surana writes: "Years-long wait lists, bewildering legal arguments, an extended stay in detention - you can experience it all in the Waiting Game, a newsgame that simulates the experience of trying to seek asylum in the United States."
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Kavitha Surana, ProPublica
Surana writes: "Years-long wait lists, bewildering legal arguments, an extended stay in detention - you can experience it all in the Waiting Game, a newsgame that simulates the experience of trying to seek asylum in the United States."
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Children in East Baltimore. (photo: Patrick Semansk/AP)
New Research Affirms Real Cause of Wealth Gap Between Blacks and Whites
Jamelle Bouie, Slate
Bouie writes: "The massive gap between black and white wealth is structural. All serious research on the subject finds the gap is an enduring feature of the American economy produced and reproduced by politics, policy, and law."
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Jamelle Bouie, Slate
Bouie writes: "The massive gap between black and white wealth is structural. All serious research on the subject finds the gap is an enduring feature of the American economy produced and reproduced by politics, policy, and law."
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Demonstrators wave flags during a protest against police violence and the government of Nicaraguan president Daniel Ortega in Managua, Nicaragua, April 23, 2018. (photo: Oswaldo Rivas)
At Least Nine Dead in Nicaragua Protests, US Curbs Embassy Services
Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters
Rivas writes: "Red Cross had registered nine deaths since the protests began Wednesday, and attended to 433 injured people. The Nicaraguan Center of Human Rights (CENIDH) said on Monday at least 25 people had died."
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Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters
Rivas writes: "Red Cross had registered nine deaths since the protests began Wednesday, and attended to 433 injured people. The Nicaraguan Center of Human Rights (CENIDH) said on Monday at least 25 people had died."
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Rainbow Bridge National Monument at night. (photo: Brent and Dawn Davis)
The National Park System Just Got Its First Dark Sky Sanctuary
Maddie Stone, Earther
Stone writes: "Rainbow Bridge National Monument became the world's fourth International Dark Sky Sanctuary, an exclusive club consisting of some of the most remote, light pollution-free places in the world."
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Maddie Stone, Earther
Stone writes: "Rainbow Bridge National Monument became the world's fourth International Dark Sky Sanctuary, an exclusive club consisting of some of the most remote, light pollution-free places in the world."
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