This Week in Civil Liberties (9/2/2011)
What major telecom company participated in warrantless wiretapping? Which former leader has no regrets about Bush Administration torture policies? What supposedly quick fix to public education deficiencies endangers the separation between church and st...
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Rikers Island Spared by Irene, But What About Next Time?
Last month, I wrote about the invisibility of Rikers Island on some of New York City's subway maps. Unfortunately, this weekend Hurricane Irene taught us that it's not just a map on a train that fails to acknowledge the thousands of people on the...
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Rikers Island Spared by Irene, But What About Next Time?
Last month, I wrote about the invisibility of Rikers Island on some of New York City's subway maps. Unfortunately, this weekend Hurricane Irene taught us that it's not just a map on a train that fails to acknowledge the thousands of people on the...
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Rikers Island Spared by Irene, But What About Next Time?
Last month, I wrote about the invisibility of Rikers Island on some of New York City's subway maps. Unfortunately, this weekend Hurricane Irene taught us that it's not just a map on a train that fails to acknowledge the thousands of people on the...
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At Rikers, Out of Sight, Out of Mind
Every cartographer has to leave something out. Street names, landmarks, tiny inlets — a two-dimensional rendering of our world can’t possibly include everything. This kind of selective exclusion reminds me of a specific khaki-colored mas...
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