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Torture Fails to Produce Results and the CIA Lies, Big Surprise
© Josh Sager – April 2014 After the September 11th terrorist attacks, the Bush Administration implemented a covert program of rendition and torture that flew in the face of international law and the...
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FL Prison Guards Boil Mentally Ill Inmate Alive, Don’t Get Charged with a Crime
© Josh Sager – May 2014 Last week, the Miami Herald reported on the truly shocking story of Darren Rainey—a mentally ill, non-violent drug offender, who was tortured to death by guards. This story is...
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ISIS Takes Page Out of the CIA’s Interrogation Manual, Validates Anti-Torture...
© Josh Sager – September 2014 In the years since the September 11th terrorist attack and the start of the “war on terror,” the United States has become a country that openly admits to using “harsh” or...
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Senate Torture Report Gives Horrifying View into the American Torture Regime
© Josh Sager – December 2014 – TheProgressiveCynic.com For years, the world has known that the United States is a nation that committed the war crime of torture during our nation’s “war on terror.”...
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2014: The Year We Wish Could Be Redone
© Josh Sager – January 2015 At the end of every year, I have a custom of reviewing the political and social events that had an impact on our society. The purpose of this review is very simply to cement...
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Teen Imprisoned in Solitary Confinement for Years Without a Trial Kills Himself
© Josh Sager – June 2015 Last week, Kalief Browder joined the list of victims of police abuse to have died due to unjust persecution and bias in our justice system. Unfortunately, you are unlikely to...
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Chelsea Manning Faces Indefinite Solitary Confinement for Possessing...
© Josh Sager – August 2015 Apparently, the US government is not done making an example of whistleblower Chelsea (formerly Bradley) Manning. Today, Manning’s lawyers revealed that their client is facing...
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Incarcerated and Incapacitated: The Failing State of Healthcare in Our Prison...
(c) Don Gomez – September 2015 This is a guest post by Don Gomez, a progressive political writer who will be starting his own blog in the near future. Renowned author and journalist Fyodor Dostoevsky...
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The Progressive Cynic’s Case for Bernie Sanders: Part #3
This article picks up where part #1 left off. If you have not read the first part, please follow this link to read it first:...
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In Aftermath of Istanbul Terror, Trump wants us to Become More like ISIS
© Josh Sager – June 2016 On June 28th, ISIS terrorists perpetrated a coordinated terrorist attack on Turkey’s largest airport, located in Istanbul. Three attackers, wearing suicide vests and carrying...
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DOJ Announces a Reduction in its Private Prison Usage…With One Enormous Caveat
© Josh Sager – August 2016 Recently, the Department of Justice announced that has decided to start phasing out its utilization of private prisons to house its prisoners. Over the coming years, the DOJ...
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12 Nightmarish Consequences of a Donald Trump Presidency – Part 1
© Josh Sager – November 2016 Due to the length of this article, I have split it into 2 parts. The 2nd part will be released tomorrow. President Donald Trump will preside over undivided Republican...
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