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Christian Parenti

Christian Parenti is the author of "Lockdown America: Police and Prisons in the Age of Crisis."

Flames engulf a road near Bastrop State Park as a wildfire burns out of control near Bastrop, Texas September 5, 2011. (Mike Stone / Reuters)

Big government, our one shot against crazy storms

Christian Parenti

A drought-affected corn field is not the cause of food shortages

When food shortages mean war

Christian Parenti

Good morning, Baghdad!

Christian Parenti

Guarding their silence

Christian Parenti

Death in custody from “excited delirium”?

Christian Parenti

Rape as a disciplinary tactic

Christian Parenti