The Forever Prisoners of Guantanamo

By Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatch Mar 2, 2017 I looked forward to writing an essay highlighting the detention camp’s last 100 days. It never happened. Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

What Actually Keeps Americans Safe

By Karen J. Greenberg / TomDispatch Oct 3, 2016 The liberties designed by the Founding Fathers are still well aligned with the security of this country and the safety of Americans, while today's government overreach is anything but. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Dealing With Mass Killings in America

By Karen J. Greenberg, TomDispatch Aug 3, 2015 Imagine you’re in the FBI and a 16-year-old male with no criminal record shows a sudden interest in Islamic State. His grades, previously stellar, are starting to fall, and he's increasingly clicking on jihadist websites. What's more, his parents own legally registered guns, he has been treated by a psychiatrist, and he has repeatedly read news stories about mass killings in the U.S. What do you do? Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

Visiting the Torture Museum: Barbarism Then and Now

By Karen J. Greenberg, TomDispatch Apr 10, 2015 Someday, at an official U.S. torture museum, our children may wonder how we ever adopted the worst traditions of terror in the Age of Barbarism Lite. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Will the War on Terror Be the Template for the Ebola Crisis?

By Karen J. Greenberg, TomDispatch Oct 23, 2014 Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that, while President Obama was sending at least 1,600 military personnel to fight ISIS, his first response to the Ebola crisis was also to send 3,000 troops into Liberia in what the media has been calling an “Ebola surge." Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Taking the Justice Out of the Justice System

Staff / Truthdig Aug 22, 2011 As the 10th anniversary of 9/11 approaches, the unexpected extent of the damage Americans have done to themselves and their institutions is coming into better focus.Ten years after 9/11, the unexpected extent of the damage Americans have done to themselves is coming into better focus. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )