Patriot Acts

In today's political climate, where threats of mass deportations and a Muslim registry are making the headlines, the issues of civil rights, identity, and belonging explored insidePatriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injusticeare perhaps more urgent than ever before. A groundbreaking collection of oral histories,Patriot Actstells the stories of people who were needlessly swept up in the War on Terror. In their own words, narrators recount personal experiences of the post-9/11 backlash that have deeply altered their lives and communities. The eighth book in the Voice of Witness series,Patriot Actsilluminates these experiences in a compelling collection of eighteen oral histories from men and women who have found themselves subject to a wide range of human and civil rights abuses-from rendition and torture to workplace discrimination, bullying, FBI surveillance, and harassment.