Rob Wipond is a freelance journalist and creative nonfiction writer who writes frequently at the interfaces between psychiatry, civil rights, community issues, policing, surveillance and privacy, and social change. His articles have been nominated for seventeen magazine and journalism awards, and he’s the author of the book Your Consent is Not Required: The Rise in Psychiatric Detentions, Forced Treatment, and Abusive Guardianships (BenBella, 2023).
Christa Pike's survival has exposed a contradiction that capital punishment normally conceals. The state can declare a life forfeit, but when its machinery of death fails, it suddenly becomes responsible for keeping
A senior figure in Sri Lanka’s Frontline Socialist Party has claimed that two-thirds of the country’s population has fallen into poverty under the current administration, while 21% of children under the age of five are suffering from malnutrition. Pubudu Jayagoda,
Sri Lanka was represented at Moscow Fashion Week with a presentation by Sri Lankan designer Kamil Hewavitharana, whose label Limak by Kamil showcased a
Sri Lanka and Russia have concluded a bilateral military exercise in the Russian Federation, with special operations forces from the two countries conducting joint
Following excerpts adapted from the author’s most recent book, Your Consent Is Not Required, published by BenBella Books, Inc. Upon retiring to the sunny Okanagan Valley in British Columbia in 1997, my
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