guantanamo bay

No-Man’s-Land: The Writing and Art of Guantánamo

Jacqueline Loss / NACLA Mar 14, 2025 A new book examines how art produced in Guantánamo reimagines empathy and resistance. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Film

An Enhanced Interrogation of an American Shame

Carrie Rickey / Truthdig Apr 26, 2024 In “I Am Gitmo,” French director Philippe Diaz recreates the torture rooms inside the Guantanamo Bay Detention Center. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Opinion

The Peril of Forgetting Guantánamo

Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatch Apr 8, 2024 Where’s the headline-making outrage over the never-ending travesty of Gitmo? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Opinion

Guantánamo and the Never-Ending Legacy of America’s War on Terror

Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatch Jan 11, 2024 The aftermath of 9/11 lingers with us today as the Biden administration refuses to disabuse itself of the normalization of two decades of injustice. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Courts & Law

UN Expert Demands Immediate Shut Down of Guantanamo Prison

People's Dispatch Jun 30, 2023 UN special rapporteur Fionnuala Ní Aoláin demands immediate shutting down of Guantanamo prison, apology to inmates. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Pakistani man and a young boy wade through waist-deep water in Pakistan after the recent floods, dragging a wooden raft behind them piled high with their belongings.

Environment

Paying for an Overheating Earth

Priti Gulati Cox & Stan Cox / Resilience.org Dec 2, 2022 What is the U.N. climate summit but a meeting place where the world’s elite have protected their power for 27 years and counting? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Activists Demand U.S. Close Guantánamo and End 18 Years of Torture

Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Jan 12, 2020 We can't let this horror disappear from the public consciousness. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

The War in Afghanistan Is a Fraud (and Now We Have Proof)

Lee Camp / Truthdig Jan 9, 2020 Let’s take a moment to consider the motivations and goals of this 19-year-old military operation. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Stain on America’s Soul That Will Not Wash Away

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Nov 22, 2019 Although the extent of our lawless detention program in Guantanamo Bay is something most of us know little about, it defines us all. Dig deeper ( 32 Min. Read )

President Donald Trump addresses the media.

Donald Trump Is Annihilating Truth Itself

Karen Greenberg / TomDispatch Nov 21, 2019 George Orwell warned that a “lack of precision” in language can destabilize entire societies. America's 45th president is living proof. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Bowe Bergdahl’s Story Lays Bare the Tragedy of Our Forever Wars

Nick Utzig / Los Angeles Review of Books Jun 7, 2019 The soldier’s ordeal, the authors of a new book contend, offers a glimpse into the dysfunctional, unending prosecution of the longest U.S. war. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

U.S. Charges WikiLeaks’ Assange With Publishing Classified Info

Eric Tucker / THE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 23, 2019 His case has stirred up concerns about whether press freedom is in danger. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )