It is time for President Biden to turn the page once and for all on this sordid chapter in our nation’s history.
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Breaking the Fast at Guantanamo
With arms tied down and feet shackled, Yasiin Bey writhes in anguish as a feeding tube is shoved into his right nostril. Groaning in extreme discomfort as his handlers push the tube deeper, Bey—better known as Mos Def—breaks into sobs as he begs for the torment to...