Tracy Bloom / TruthdigApr 22, 2013
A look at the day's political happenings, including the husband of an Arkansas Republican Party official suggests shooting GOP lawmakers over Medicaid expansion and a New York state lawmaker advocates torturing the Boston bombing suspect. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Juan Cole / TruthdigApr 21, 2013
Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham and John McCain have demanded that Dzhokhar Tsarnaev be charged as an "enemy combatant" rather than as an American civilian. I have to ask whether their use of the term is racist. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigApr 20, 2013
After the capture of Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, civil rights activists and officials are disputing whether it was acceptable for police to deprive him of his Miranda rights, and whether he should be classified as an enemy combatant and denied a lawyer. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
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