Justine Sharrock

Justine Sharrock is a former MoJo staffer. Her most recent book is Tortured: How Our Cowardly Leaders Abused Prisoners, American Soldiers, and Everything We're Fighting For.

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Explained: Jared Loughner’s Grammar Obsession

His statements echo the teachings of a far-right tax-resister movement.

Tue Jan. 11, 2011 1:48 PM PST

Oath Keepers and the Age of Treason

Meet the fast-growing "patriot" group that's recruiting soldiers to resist the Obama administration.

March/April 2010 Issue

First, Do Harm

Doctors were involved with torture from the start. Can the medical profession redeem itself?

July/August 2009 Issue

The Secrets of Abu Ghraib

A soldier-narrated tour of the camp during its final days.

Thu Apr. 23, 2009 12:51 PM PDT

Dave Eggers' Oral Fixation

The pirate-loving novelist talks Studs Terkel and his favorite works of oral history.

March/April 2009

Zip It, Soldier!

What happens to Iraq veterans who speak out against the war?

Mon Sep. 29, 2008 11:33 AM PDT

The Shawnee Redemption

In Kansas, ex-cons build lake cabins, weld snowmobiles—and stay out of prison. What's the matter with the rest of the country?

July/August 2008 Issue

Locked Out

Want to participate in your democracy? In many states, ex-felons need not apply.

July/August 2008 Issue

Spinning the Atom

Environmentalists are key to the nukes industry's PR push.

May/June 2008 Issue

The HIV Morning-After Pill

Introducing the best FDA-approved, commercially available lifesaver you've never heard of

May/June 2008 Issue

Am I a Torturer?

Ben Allbright watches The Daily Show, worships Dave Eggers—and still wound up "softening up" prisoners in Iraq.

March/April 2008 Issue

The Torture Playlist

Listen to some of the torture songs that guards and interrogators chose.

Fri Feb. 22, 2008 1:00 AM PST

Weapons of Mass Elation
May/June 2003 Issue

Exhibit: Cleaning Up With Cancer
January/February 2003 Issue

Undercutting Executions

Death penalty opponents are launching a new campaign to make it more difficult -- and more costly -- for prison officials to carry out lethal injection executions.

Fri Dec. 28, 2001 1:00 AM PST

Stopping the Chain

More than 500 workers in the country's most dangerous occupation are walking out on their jobs -- and their union.

Fri Oct. 12, 2001 12:00 AM PDT