Join the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA) on Saturday, May 13th from 4:30pm – 6:30pm to honor two indefatigable activists for their unflagging dedication to human rights. Visit ALBA to...
Updated: May 1, 2012
**Save the date** What: 12 Years of Guantanamo Panel Discussion Where: Miller Hall, Room 114 at Loyola University When: Wednesday, February 19th at 7:00 p.m. Panelists Pardiss Kebriaei, Staff...
Updated: February 7, 2014
December 2008In the Bush administration's first bow to a court directive to release prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the Department of Defense flew three Algerians to their adopted homeland of Bosnia-...
May 2012"War is peace," "freedom is slavery," "ignorance is strength." Thanks to the religious right, we can update these examples from "1984's" doublespeak to include...
October 2013"On Halloween this year, Toronto will host the man who operated from the “dark side” of U.S. policy. As vice-president of the United States, Dick Cheney was a key architect of a post...
November 2013"Guantánamo's military tribunals were not created to try crimes, but to hide them. This system was set up to ensure that the U.S. government's torture program would never face trial, and...
January 2015" The 11 plaintiffs in the Hasan v City of New York case are a diverse group: an Iraq war veteran, university students, a coalition of mosques, and the head of a religious school for girls.
June 18, 2015Top officials during the George W. Bush era can be held legally liable for the roundup of innocent detainees post-9/11, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. In a 2-1 ruling, the 2nd Circuit U.S...
June 17, 2015A US appeals court on Wednesday reinstated a claim against former attorney general John Ashcroft and other Justice Department officials, stemming from the abuse of Arab and Muslim men and others...
August 6, 2015A federal judge in Chicago today ruled that Steven Salaita’s lawsuit against the University of Illinois for firing him over tweets critical of Israel can go forward. Meanwhile, in another major...
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