Kevin Gosztola

Kevin Gosztola is managing editor of Shadowproof Press. He also produces and co-hosts the weekly podcast, "Unauthorized Disclosure."

Chelsea Manning Received Same Sentence As Soldier Who Tried To Sell Sectrets

“By all measures, Pfc. Manning received the same sentence as a service member who wished to sell classified information for money,”

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Army Pfc. Chelsea Manning, right, is escorted into a courthouse at Fort Mead, Md., Monday, June 10, 2013. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. Attorneys for United States military whistleblower Chelsea Manning argue her sentence was “far and away the most severe sentence ever adjudged” in the appeal filed at the Army Court of Criminal Appeals (ACCA). It challenges the Army for sentencing Manning to around the same amount of time as a soldier

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‘Public Safety Concern’ For Protesting, Sues Government

“For the Obama administration to turn around and punish those who put their lives at risk to achieve this protection is without merit and wrong.”

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Ireri Unzueta Carrasco (center) at a conference in Chicago announcing his lawsuit against Citizenship and Immigration (USCIS). PHOTO: MARCELA CARTAGENA / LA RAZA

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. An undocumented Chicago woman, who has been a fierce advocate for immigrant rights, was labeled a “public safety concern” by an immigration agency in the United States government. She now fears she may be deported because she engaged in acts of civil disobedience. In response, she filed a

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Jeremy Scahill Outlines How Obama Made Assassination Formal US Policy

“All Americans should be outraged at the idea that when we’re killing large numbers of people in Muslim countries around the world without knowing who they are, that we somehow are not going to pay a price later?”

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American journalist Jeremy Scahill listens to a question during a panel following the screening of the "Dirty Wars" documentary at the Rio Film Festival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. Editor’s Note On May 5, I interviewed The Intercept’s Jeremy Scahill about the new book released this week, “The Assassination Complex.” It has a foreword from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden and an afterword by The Intercept’s Glenn Greenwald. The book collects the organization’s journalistic

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Clinton Campaign Has Astounding Record Of Smugness Towards Young Voters

“I feel sorry for the young people who believe” the lies Sanders is telling them about money accepted from executives and lobbyists tied to the fossil fuel industry. “

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By Kevin Gosztola
Hillary Rodham Clinton is seen in New York. Hillary Rodham Clinton has so far kept a low profile this year, something that’s starting to change as she heads toward her expected 2016 campaign for president.

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. Young people have consistently been a source of frustration and struggle for Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign. Along with her husband, Bill Clinton, her campaign has expressed a condescending view of millennials for supporting Bernie Sanders instead of her. The tone of

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TSA Whistleblower Reveals Supervisors Instructed Him To Profile Somali Imams

An assistant director for the TSA in Minneapolis blew the whistle on a request to racially profile Somali imams and community members.

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TSA officer Robert Howard signals an airline passenger forward at a security check-point at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Monday, Jan. 4, 2010 (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. An assistant federal security director for the Transporation Security Agency’s Office of Security Operations in Minneapolis blew the whistle on a request from his supervisors to racially “profile Somali imams and community members visiting” his office. Testifying at a House Oversight and Government

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US News Editors Find It Increasingly Difficult To Defend The First Amendment

‘When representatives of the First Amendment’s “most important historic defenders say they are worried, all Americans should be worried.’

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By Kevin Gosztola

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. A survey of editors from print and online publications found most news organizations are weaker in their ability to defend the right to freedom of the press than they were ten years ago. The Knight Foundation conducted the survey [PDF], along with the American Society of News Editors (ASNE),

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Task Force Lambastes Chicago Police For Decades Of Systematic Racism

“Of the 404 shootings, which occurred between 2008 and 2015, 74 percent of those shot or killed were black, while 14 percent were Hispanic. Eight percent were white.”

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By Kevin Gosztola
In this March 4, 2016 photo, Martinez Sutton wears a shirt commemorating his sister, Rekia Boyd, 22, who was shot and killed in 2012 by a Chicago police officer. Sutton has been pushing for the firing of officer Dante Servin, who, while off-duty, was driving in an alley when he argued with a group of people. Servin fired several shots over his shoulder, striking a Boyd with a fatal head wound. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Published in partnership with Shadowproof. The Chicago Police Accountability Task Force released a report, which shows the deep and systemic problem of racism within the Chicago Police Department. Moreover, policies institutionalizing racism are not limited to the present day. The Task Force report demonstrates the CPD has a century-long record

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