Stephan Salisbury

Stephan Salisbury is cultural writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer. His most recent book is Mohamed’s Ghosts: An American Story of Love and Fear in the Homeland (Nation Books).

Life in the American slaughterhouse: Police violence and Aurora

Stephan Salisbury

A line of police stand staged at an Occupy Oakland encampment in Oakland, Calif., early Monday, Nov. 14, 2011 (AP/Paul Sakuma)

The cost of America’s police state

Stephan Salisbury

People participate in a rally against a proposed mosque and community center near ground zero in New York, Sunday, Aug. 22, 2010

Muslim-bashing doesn’t win elections

Stephan Salisbury

Muslims pray for rain after Friday prayers in Damascus on Dec. 10.

Terrorism is everywhere!

Stephan Salisbury

Mosque controversy is just the beginning

Stephan Salisbury

The FBI: Foiling its own plots since 2001

Stephan Salisbury