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Outsourcing a U.S. war: Ugandans in Iraq
August 24, 2010
Last week the Pentagon proclaimed that the last U.S. combat forces had left Iraq. The U.S. has long outsourced the Iraq occupation to troops from some of the world’s poor nations, and many of the mercenaries due to replace other U.S. troops will also come from those countries, especially from Uganda.
‘If it moved, you shot it’: Investigation uncovers vigilante shootings of Blacks in New Orleans
December 18, 2008
In an 18-month investigation, A.C. Thompson weaves together stories of both innocent victims and unrepentant vigilantes, painting a terrifying and never before told picture of a hidden race war in New Orleans in the days following Hurricane Katrina.