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Rebecca Gordon

Rebecca Gordon, a TomDispatch regular, teaches at the University of San Francisco. She is the author of Mainstreaming Torture, American Nuremberg: The U.S. Officials Who Should Stand Trial for Post-9/11 War Crimes and is now at work on a new book on the history of torture in the United States.

Down the Memory Hole

Living in Trump’s United States of Amnesia

By Rebecca Gordon On May 25, 2017On May 15, 2021

Resurrecting the Unholy Trinity

Torture, Rendition, and Indefinite Detention Under Trump

By Rebecca Gordon On April 6, 2017On May 15, 2021

American Carnage

Fighting the Forever War

By Rebecca Gordon On March 7, 2017On May 15, 2021

Through the Looking Glass

How Can We Recognize Our Friends in the Mixed-Up World of Donald Trump?

By Rebecca Gordon On February 9, 2017On February 9, 2017

What Is a Country For?

Fighting for the Good Life in Trumplandia

By Rebecca Gordon On January 10, 2017On January 10, 2017

It’s 2016. Do You Know Where Your Bombs Are Falling?

The Forgotten War in Yemen and the Unchecked War Powers of the Presidency in the Age of Trump

By Rebecca Gordon On December 11, 2016On May 15, 2021

Life Under Trump

Night Terrors and Daytime Hopes

By Rebecca Gordon On November 20, 2016On November 20, 2016

Learning to Claim Our Victories

Or Why Fighting for Justice Is Like Surfing

By Rebecca Gordon On October 16, 2016On May 15, 2021

There Oughta Be a Law…

Should Prison Really Be the American Way?

By Rebecca Gordon On September 25, 2016On September 25, 2016

What Does It Mean When War Hawks Say, “Never Trump”?

The Enemies of My Enemy May Be War Criminals

By Rebecca Gordon On August 21, 2016On May 15, 2021

The Trojan Drone

An Illegal Military Strategy Disguised as Technological Advance

By Rebecca Gordon On July 17, 2016On May 15, 2021

Crimes of the War on Terror

Should George Bush, Dick Cheney, and Others Be Jailed?

By Rebecca Gordon On June 7, 2016On May 15, 2021

The Al-Qaeda Leader Who Wasn’t

The Shameful Ordeal of Abu Zubaydah

By Rebecca Gordon On April 24, 2016On April 24, 2016

Turning American Communities Into War Zones, Death By Death

When It Comes to People of Color, the Police Make San Francisco “Baghdad by the Bay”

By Rebecca Gordon On February 23, 2016On May 15, 2021

America Revisits the Dark Side

Candidates Compete to Promise the Most Torture and Slaughter

By Rebecca Gordon On January 7, 2016On May 15, 2021

Home, Sweet Kleptocracy

Kabul in America

By Rebecca Gordon On November 24, 2015On May 15, 2021

The Secret to Winning the Nobel Peace Prize

Keep the U.S. Military Out

By Rebecca Gordon On October 20, 2015On May 15, 2021

The No-Fly Follies

How to Censor Yourself Before the Government Even Has the Chance

By Rebecca Gordon On September 20, 2015On May 15, 2021

Can You Say “Blowback” in Spanish?

The Failed War on Drugs in Mexico (and the United States)

By Rebecca Gordon On March 22, 2015On May 15, 2021

Saying No to Torture

A Gallery of American Heroes

By Rebecca Gordon On February 10, 2015On May 15, 2021

American Torture — Past, Present, and… Future?

Beyond the Senate Torture Report

By Rebecca Gordon On December 14, 2014On May 15, 2021

The 25th Hour 

Still Living With Jack Bauer in a Terrified New American World

By Rebecca Gordon On July 10, 2014On May 15, 2021

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