Welcome to the new Project Censored website. As a kickoff to the new site we would like to remind everyone of the importance of modern censorship. We hope you enjoy the new site and come back soon for more censored news updates. WHAT IS MODERN CENSORSHIP? At Project Censored, we examine the coverage of news [...]

#019 Iraq Vets Testify Researched by Kat Pat Crespan and Erica Elkington Iraq Veterans Against the War brought together more than 300 war veterans on March 13-16, 2008 to discuss soldiers’ actions and the impact of the ongoing occupations of Iraq and Afghanistan. At the “Winter Soldier” event, dozens veterans publicly testified about crimes they [...]

#155 Disaster Response for VIPs Only Recent fires, floods, and oil spills have exposed a gutted and dismantled government disaster-response infrastructure despite the fact that the Department of Homeland Security was established in the wake of 9/11 to secure the homeland and lead national disaster response efforts. American taxpayers have collectively funded $billions in DHS [...]

In a startling affront to American freedoms of expression, privacy, and association, the Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act passed the House on Oct. 23 by a vote of 404-6. With problematically vague definitions, the act will establish a national commission to study and propose legislation to address the threat of possible “radicalization” of [...]

in Stories Reviewed in Prior Years Senator Feinstein’s Iraq Conflict In the November 2006 election voters demanded congressional ethics reform. Consequently the newly appointed chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., is now duly in charge of regulating the ethical behavior of her colleagues. But for many years, Feinstein has been beset by [...]

in Stories Reviewed in Prior Years No Habeas Corpus for “Any Person” Researched by Julie Bickel With the approval of Congress and no outcry from corporate media, the Military Commissions Act (MCA), signed by Bush on October 17, 2006, ushers in military tribunal law for US citizens and non-citizens alike. While media have given false [...]

in Stories Reviewed in Prior Years Border Invaders: The Perfect Swarm Heads South Researched by Erica Haikara The number of Americans living in Mexico has soared from 200,000 to 1 million (one-quarter of all US expatriates) in the past decade. With more than 70 million American baby boomers expected to retire in the next two [...]

in Stories Reviewed in Prior Years Green Fuel’s Dirty Secret Researched by Julie Bickel While corn based ethanol, promoted by the Bush administration as the “green fuel of the future” has been exposed as “one of the dirtiest forms of energy,” author Sasha Lilley further exposes the real drive behind corn based ethanol’s major role [...]

in Stories Reviewed in Prior Years US Oil’s Human Rights Violations Continue in Niger Delta Reviewed by Kristine Medeiros Ten years after the execution of writer and human rights activist Ken Sarowiwa and eight fellow activists, new evidence shows that the peoples of the oil-producing Niger Delta continue to face death and devastation at the [...]

in Stories Reviewed in Prior Years No Disclosure on $Billions for Homeland Security Reviewed by Nick Ramirez The details of how $8 billion in Homeland Security funds have been spent remain a mystery to the public. Many states do not reveal specifics on what has been purchased, providing only broad explanations. The purchase of defective [...]