Will Potter
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Will Potter: The shocking move to criminalize nonviolent protest
In 2002, investigative journalist and TED Fellow Will Potter took a break from his regular beat, writing about shootings and murders for the Chicago Tribune. He went to help a local group campaigning against animal testing: "I thought it would be a safe way to do something positive," he says. Instead, he was arrested, and so began his ongoing journey into a world in which peaceful protest is… → Read More
Will Potter: The shocking move to criminalize nonviolent protest
In 2002, investigative journalist and TED Fellow Will Potter took a break from his regular beat, writing about shootings and murders for the Chicago Tribune. He went to help a local group campaigning against animal testing: "I thought it would be a safe way to do something positive," he says. Instead, he was arrested, and so began his ongoing journey into a world in which peaceful protest is… → Read More
The real divide in the US isn’t red vs. blue
Will Potter makes the case that we must step outside of our comfort zones and address people as individuals, not presumed ideologies. → Read More
A brief history of secret prisons in the United States
Secret prisons reflect a parallel legal system for prisoners who are denied access to communications, deprived of their due process rights, and hidden from public scrutiny. Investigative journalist... → Read More
Will Potter: The secret US prisons you've never heard of before
Investigative journalist Will Potter is the only reporter who has been inside a Communications Management Unit, or CMU, within a US prison. These units were opened secretly, and radically alter how prisoners are treated -- even preventing them from hugging their children. Potter, a TED Fellow, shows us who is imprisoned here, and how the government is trying to keep them hidden. "The message was… → Read More
Will Potter: The secret US prisons you've never heard of before
Investigative journalist Will Potter is the only reporter who has been inside a Communications Management Unit, or CMU, within a US prison. These units were opened secretly, and radically alter how prisoners are treated -- even preventing them from hugging their children. Potter, a TED Fellow, shows us who is imprisoned here, and how the government is trying to keep them hidden. “The message was… → Read More
Will Potter: The secret US prisons you've never heard of before
Investigative journalist Will Potter is the only reporter who has been inside a Communications Management Unit, or CMU, within a US prison. These units were opened secretly, and radically alter how prisoners are treated -- even preventing them from hugging their children. Potter, a TED Fellow, shows us who is imprisoned here, and how the government is trying to keep them hidden. “The message was… → Read More
Animal Rights Activist Sentenced to 30 Months in Jail for Having Bolt Cutters in his Car
Other seemingly sketchy (but perfectly legal) items in his car: wire cutters, sweatpants, sweatshirts, gloves, ski masks, spray paint, concrete stain, laptop computers, bear spray, head lamps, latex gloves, walkie talkies, rags and bleach. → Read More
Why None of the NSA's Ideas Are Worth Spreading
What's the National Security Agency's idea worth spreading? TED's Chris Anderson put the trademark question to NSA Deputy Director Richard Ledgett on Thursday during an interview at the Vancouver conf... → Read More
Hell Will Freeze Over Before Chevron Pays for Pollution
When 30,000 Ecuadorian villagers sued Chevron for devastating the Amazon with 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater, the US-based oil giant’s reply was simple: "We will fight the lawsuit until hell f… → Read More
Hell Will Freeze Over Before Chevron Pays for Pollution
When 30,000 Ecuadorian villagers sued Chevron for devastating the Amazon with 18 billion gallons of toxic wastewater, the US-based oil giant’s reply was simple: "We will fight the lawsuit until hell f… → Read More
Interview with a Fugitive: Captain Paul Watson
For 15 months, the internationally-known environmentalist and star of the Animal Planet reality show Whale Wars has been on the run. But after encrypted emails, phone calls from unknown numbers… → Read More
Two Environmentalists Were Charged with 'Terrorism Hoax' for Too Much Glitter on Their Banner
Two environmentalists in Oklahoma may be the first protesters prosecuted for a "terrorism hoax" after they unfurled a Hunger Games-inspired banner covered in glitter. → Read More