Talking Rights

After the civil war, Central North Carolina became a hotbed for the Ku Klux Klan. Formed in Tennessee by former Confederate soldiers, the KKK quickly spread and became a vehicle for some whites, including law enforcement officers, elected officials and businessmen, to oppose Reconstruction and terrorize the black population and anyone who stood up for [...]

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Robyn Dixon has been writing incredible, heart-breaking stories about the man-made crisis in Zimbabwe. In today’s Los Angeles Times, she describes the wide-ranging famine created by President Robert Mugabe’s corrupt and murderous rule.
In the countryside, “the economic crisis and its fallout is obvious,” she writes. She describes a scene out of a perverse interpretation of [...]

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The Washingtonian featured an interesting interview with Brad Garrett, a former FBI agent responsible for capturing the Pakistani who shot five people, killing two, outside CIA headquarters in 1993.
Four years later, Garrett captured Mir Aimal Kansi in Pakistan and brought him back to the US for trial. Kansi was convicted and executed in 2002.
Reporter Harry [...]

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Waterboarding
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Protestors outside and in Duke University’s Page Auditorium met Karl Rove’s visit with a reminder of what the Bush Administration has done to human rights. One person simulated the torture technique known as “waterboarding,” when a captive is drowned just short of death.
Inside the auditorium, Rove fielded soft ball questions tossed by [...]

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