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Enteral Damnation

From standard operating procedures for force-feeding prisoners at the U.S. military’s detention center at Guantánamo Bay. Al Jazeera released a recently updated version of the document in May, as 103…

Untitled

by Steve Mumford,

A Kangaroo in Obama’s Court

by Lawrence Douglas,Art by Steve Mumford,

Will the Guantánamo tribunal execute a man we tortured?

A Very Perfect Instrument

by Andrew Cockburn,

The ferocity and failure of America’s sanctions apparatus

The man who was buried standing up

by Rosemary Sullivan,

To have and have shot

by Ernest Hemingway,

Weekly Review

A kinkajou, 1886. A cholera epidemic struck refugees fleeing a famine in southern Somalia that has killed an estimated 29,000 children so far. Banadir Hospital in Mogadishu reported 181 deaths…

Required reading

by Thomas Frank,

The Forever Ward

by Harper’s Staff,

From cables sent by U.S. diplomats regarding the transfer of Guantánamo prisoners, among the 250,000 documents WikiLeaks began releasing last November. Despite a 2009 executive order signed by President Barack…

Castro’s List

Translated by Wes Enzinna,

From a list of 178 private-sector jobs legalized by the Cuban government following the layoff of half a million state workers in September. Translated from the Spanish by Wes Enzinna.…

Weekly Review

by Genevieve Smith,

A Christian martyr. Despite criticism from both parties, Congress voted in favor of $858 billion in tax breaks, extending Bush-era tax cuts for the super-rich.Wall Street JournalSenate Democrats failed to…

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Enteral Damnation

Untitled

A Kangaroo in Obama’s Court

A Very Perfect Instrument

The man who was buried standing up

To have and have shot

Weekly Review

Required reading

The Forever Ward

Castro’s List

Weekly Review

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