1. Paid Lying: What Passes for Major Media Journalism
(Opinions/Features)

... on previous occasions. But according to NPR's Forero, Rivas was "sent to one of Venezuela's most infamous prisons" where other government opponents are held as political prisoners. Chavez ...

2. US House backs Guantanamo transfers
(News/Global)

...hat target. Many politicians in congress have said that they are concerned that housing terrorism suspects in US prisons could encourage attacks against the US mainland. The prison camp at Guantanamo ...

3. Doctors Aiding Torture
(Opinions/Features)

...for all." It also "investigates human rights abuses and works to stop them" in conflict zones, US prisons, and offshore detention facilities where torture is routinely practiced.  ...

4. America's Tortured Past
(Opinions/Features)

...throughout the country; rarely are abusers held accountable; often they're rewarded and promoted. Torture in US Prisons Imprisonments are to punish, not rehabilitate, as those confined can attest, a...

5. Afghanistan's Operation Phoenix
(Opinions/Daily)

...details of other abuses. Much of the same information came out about torture at Guantanamo and other overseas US prisons, including Camp Cropper, Iraq (near Baghdad Airport) now expanded to hold up to...

6. Military Thug Squad at Guantanamo
(Opinions/Daily)

...e started all of this, in terms of the tactical level at Guantanamo, and then Gitmo-ized Abu Ghraib and other US prisons. After he left Guantanamo, he went elsewhere and brought these torture tactics ...

7. US: World’s Leading Jailer, New Numbers Show
(Opinions/Society)

...US Department of Justice, show that, as of December 31, 2007, nearly 2.3 million persons were incarcerated in US prisons and jails, giving the United States the largest incarcerated population in the ...

8. Foreign Companies Face Risk of US Court Corruption:
(Opinions/Politic)

...atically higher percentage than anywhere else in the world. Even in absolute numbers, many more people are in US prisons than in the prisons of China, even though China has 1.3 billion people, versus ...

9. Graham Amendment Invokes Constitutional Crisis
(Opinions/Politic)

...istory. To suspend The Great Writ once again, while allegations of systematic torture continue to emerge from US prisons, will threaten our Constitution and render "quaint" our democracy. &...

10. Torture
(Opinions/Review)

... Booth writes about sexual violence, torture and justice;  Lawyer Jamie Fellner investigates torture in US prisons;  Minky Worden highlights how ubiquitous torture is around the world toda...