The last “enemy combatant” being detained in America is incarcerated at the U.S. Naval Consolidated Brig in Charleston, South Carolina—a tan, low-slung building situated amid acres of grassy...
In a rare victory for torture victims, a federal judge yesterday ruled that detainees who claim they were tortured at the notorious Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq can move ahead with their lawsuit against...
The CCR filed a lawsuit on behalf of the community group Acorn, charging that the Congressional Resolution to bar federal funding for the group is unconstitutional because it constitutes a...
According to a Congressional Research Service report, "The controversial community organizing group Acorn has not broken any laws in the last five years." McCarthyite tactics were used in...
In his speech today, President Obama defended his commitment to closing Guantanamo, a plan Democrats roundly rejected in the Senate earlier this week—but it's unclear how many people he...
Two city council members told the Voice this week that orders given by precinct supervisors in Bedford-Stuyvesant's 81st Precinct appeared to encourage officers to violate the civil rights of local...
