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The Secret Spies Keeping Baghdad Safe

By Lindsey Hilsum

Charting the Land of Great Loneliness

By Carin Clevidence

Estranged Modernisms

By Spencer Lee-Lenfield

Earthlings

By Jeff VanderMeer

John Washington

John Washington is a freelance journalist and translator. He is a frequent contributor to The Nation, where he writes about immigration and criminal justice. He has translated numerous books, including Anabel Hernandez’s forthcoming Massacre in Mexico: The True Story Behind the Missing Forty-Three Students. He is currently at work on a book, forthcoming from Verso, about US asylum policy. Follow him on Twitter at @jbwashing. http://www.jblackburnwashington.com
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Deserts Interview AmericasConflictGovernment

Francisco Cantú and Lauren Markham: Border Patrol

By John Washington May 7, 2018
The journalists discuss their debut books, writing about borderlands, and the people who cross over.
Essay AmericasJustice

Is the US Border Patrol Committing Crimes Against Humanity?

Essay by John Washington May 2, 2018
What would it take you, personally, to deny water to someone dying of thirst?
Essay Arts & CultureUSA

Video ad Absurdum

By John Washington July 5, 2017
How a collection of fifteen thousand Jerry Maguire VHS tapes reveals the ugly underbelly of the media-entertainment industry.
Commentary JusticePolitics

Disappeared

By John Washington February 16, 2017
On using a loaded term for an overlooked tragedy.
Essay AmericasJusticeRace

The New International Jim Crow is a Fat Cat Capi#&$$st Motherf#$@er

By John Washington September 3, 2015

America’s racist and rapacious War on Drugs travels abroad.

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