Joseph R. Slaughter
Joseph R. Slaughter is an associate professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and a Public Voices Fellow with The OpEd Project. He is the author of Human Rights, Inc.
The Consequences of Psychology’s Shameful Collusion in Torture
The American Psychological Association pandered to the CIA out of self-interest. In so doing, it betrayed a core ethical spirit—and opened the path to a dangerous future.
Religious Freedom Restoration Acts: What If Inclusion Really Is What They’re All About?
Many major corporations and conservative lawmakers were quick to embrace the amendment to Indiana’s RFRA, but that’s because it left intact the parts of the law that expand the religious rights of corporations.