The shift was well-meaning and even understandable — Democrats wanted to redouble their commitment to those under duress at a time of threat — but it was political malpractice. Look no further than Harris’ now-famous support of trans surgery for prisoners. That was a commitment she...
The lives of prisoners held in an experimental unit. Actors: Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Harold Perrineau, Eamonn Walker, Kirk Acevedo Network: HBO Also ranks #6 on Brutal TV Shows That Have a Surprisingly Sweet Side Also ranks #9 on The Best HBO Dramas Of All Time All Six...
38. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (often foll by for) chiefly US and Canadian to be a candidate or present as a candidate for political or other office: Anderson is running for president. 39. (tr) to get past or through; evade: to run a blockade. 40. (tr) to deal in (ar...
The prisoners were referred to as “monkeys” in scientific papers, even though it was common knowledge amongst the Japanese military and in political circles that the test subjects were in fact humans. Tens of thousands of victims died at Unit 731 and its sister sites. ...
The few hundred initial protesters quickly became 70,000, then 120,000, then 320,000, all participating in the weekly demonstrations. Organizers published a pamphlet outlining their vision for a unified German democracy and turned it into a petition. Prisoners of conscience began hunger strikes in...
Moore’s attorneys say he has no violations on his prison record and has offered to continue to help rehabilitate other prisoners as long as he is behind bars. Moore’s supporters said his willingness to mentor fellow inmates and his clean prison record make him an ideal candidate for ...
We’d been drifting apart when Trump decided to run for president. He made certain we wound up on different continents. Once Charlotte understood that I liked Obama and I didn’t like Trump, I was persona non grata. And yet, I keep remembering our last phone call. How she called me “...
for familial contact to be completely denied, their speech censored and all disability rights denied. Prisoners have more rights than they are given. No, we are not asking for compensation – we want them back and all those involved removed from their positions; thereby rendered incapable of tea...
We’d been drifting apart when Trump decided to run for president. He made certain we wound up on different continents. Once Charlotte understood that I liked Obama and I didn’t like Trump, I was persona non grata. And yet, I keep remembering our last phone call. How she called me “...
French Vichy forces with resistance prisoners in July 1944© Alamy The end of the second world war thus brought not merely the collapse of the Nazis but a painfully won reaffirmation of national unity and a repudiation of the political extremes. It was for that reason that many cross-party ...