Millbrook v. US: Holding the Government Accountable for Misconduct by Law Enforcement Officials
At a time when the courts are increasingly giving deference to the police and prioritizing security over civil liberties, the…
Author: John W. Whitehead
Governmental Highway Robbery: Asset Forfeiture and the Pillaging of the American People
Long before Americans charted their revolutionary course in pursuit of happiness, it was “life, liberty, and property” which constituted the…
Attorney General Eric Holder: If the President Does It, It’s Legal
“I never thought I would see the day when a Justice Department would claim that only the most extreme infliction…
Western Flicks and the Academy Awards: The Values We Live and Die By
As long as there are movies, there will be Westerns. A love letter to a time in America when heroes…
Executioner in Chief: How a Nobel Peace Prize Winner Became the Head of a Worldwide Assassination Program
When Barack Obama ascended to the presidency in 2008, there was a sense, at least among those who voted for…
The Age of Neo-Feudalism: A Government of the Rich, by the Rich, and for the Corporations
The pomp and circumstance of the presidential inauguration has died down. Members of Congress have taken their seats on Capitol…
Sleeping Through a Revolution: It’s Time for President Obama to Wake Up to the True Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
As one who came of age during the civil rights era, I was profoundly impacted by the life and teachings…
Invasion of the Body Searchers: The Loss of Bodily Integrity in an Emerging Police State
If you want a recipe for disaster, take police officers hyped up on their own authority and the power of…
The Magician’s Con: Renewing FISA and the NDAA Under Cover of the Fiscal Cliff Debates
What characterizes American government today is not so much dysfunctional politics as it is ruthlessly contrived governance carried out behind…
The Beatles in Hamburg: An Interview with Ian Inglis
The most successful and influential pop group of all time, the Beatles landed in America in February 1964. By the…