Witch Hunt

Bolivia's Witch Markets Offer Llama Fetuses And More

GlobalPost | Sara Shahriari | Posted 10.30.2009 | World


By Sara Shahriari LA PAZ, Bolivia -- At first sight, Calle de las Brujas doesn't look so witchy -- there are no steaming cauldrons or pointy hats. ...

'Child Witches' And LGBTQ Youth

Irene Monroe | Posted 10.29.2009 | Style


Irene Monroe

This Halloween, as I think of the children in Africa and of LGBTQ children here at home, I am reminded of our present and past witch-hunts.

Killing Of Innocent Women Linked To 'Sorcery' Is Overwhelming Police In Papua New Guinea

The Independent | Posted 06.07.2009 | World


Nearly all the residents of Koge watched as Julianna Gene and Kopaku Konia were dragged from their homes, to be hung from trees and tortured for sever...

Gambian Man, Kidnapped By Witch Hunters, Describes His Ordeal

allAfrica | Posted 05.31.2009 | World


Mr. Ali Marr of Barra, a victim of the witch hunting exercise that saw the abduction of people by armed security agents and so-called witch hunters, r...

Dick Cheney Believes There Are Witches in Gambia

Cenk Uygur | Posted 04.22.2009 | World


Cenk Uygur

Is it possible that people will say absolutely anything to get you to stop torturing them, including admitting to being a witch?

A Modest Proposal

Peter Clothier | Posted 03.08.2009 | Media


Peter Clothier

In view of the "tax problems" that are plaguing the confirmation of Barack Obama's nominees, I have a modest proposal.

Lieberman's Very Serious Muslim-Bashing Senate Report

Chip Berlet | Posted 05.17.2008 | Home


Chip Berlet

Joe Lieberman's homeland security committee lobbed a biased bombshell last week in its report on the domestic threat of violent Islam. U.S. Islamophobia has consequences. Take the case of Debbie Almontaser.

Lieberman Gift To McCain: Senate Islamist Terrorism Report

Chip Berlet | Posted 05.16.2008 | Home


Chip Berlet

A stacked senate committee on homeland security today issued the first of a series of reports on "homegrown terrorism and violent Islamist extremism." It's readymade election-year swiftboating material.