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Today is the 15th anniversary of the horrific series of terrorist attacks that killed 2,977 people from 93 different countries on September 11, 2001. Like many Americans, I can still remember where I was when I first heard about this tragedy; I was at school, listening to the principal’s bewildered voice crackling over the PA…
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A Colombian guerrilla group has reportedly kidnapped nearly a dozen rice farmers and is holding them hostage in Venezuela, a sign of increasing militant activity along the border that could have implications for an ongoing peace process… Read this piece in its entirety at InSight Crime.
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Thanks to the Latino Media Collective on WPFW for having me on the show today to talk about “zero tolerance” policing in Latin America. You can find my article, “Giuliani in Rio,” at the Jacobin magazine website. An archived recording of today’s interview is available here. UPDATE (Jan. 23, 2016): Thanks to the Latino Media Collective…
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I was on The Majority Report talking about my recent article for Jacobin magazine, “Giuliani in Rio.” You can listen here or watch the full show below.
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At about 4:30 on Friday, I was standing outside the building where I work, smoking a cigarette, just a few blocks from the National Mall. A helicopter was circling overhead at a low altitude – strangely low, I thought. Just at that moment, an unmarked, fire-engine red SUV flew past me down 7th street with…
