Benjy Hansen-Bundy

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Recently graduated from Vanderbilt University, Benjy now lives in Greater Boston, and writes freelance.
A Shocking Look at the Way Saudi Arabia Deals With Its Immigrants
By Benjy Hansen-Bundy
Five Yemeni gangsters charged with murder and robbery are hanging by their shoulders in the main square of Jizan, a Saudi Arabian city with a high traffic of Yemeni and African immigrants. The heads of the culprits dangle in bags alongside their…
6 Reasonable Arguments For Why Gay Marriage Will End Civilization
By Benjy Hansen-Bundy
Right around the time (May 17, 2004) Massachusetts started handing out America's first same-sex marriage licenses, a number of fair-minded and balanced voices from concerned and prominent Americans prophesied the effects this new development would…
Pablo Pantoja: RNC Hispanic Outreach Director Becomes Democrat
By Benjy Hansen-Bundy
The RNC's Florida Director for Hispanic Outreach is now a Democrat. Pablo Pantoja, who served tours in Iraq and Kuwait, signaled the change in his party allegiance in an open email, citing the GOP's "culture of intolerance." Pantoja's move should…
Wage Theft: Is Your Boss Ransacking Your Paycheck?
By Benjy Hansen-Bundy
Many Americans don’t know about wage theft, or consider themselves solitary victims to isolated crimes. Yet a different reality is slowly emerging, and the numbers are shocking: employers steal $19 billion a year from workers by skimping on overtime…
Daniel Martinez Bazaldua: Journalist Mutilated in Mexico Shows Cartel Power to Smother the Media
By Benjy Hansen-Bundy
The body of Mexican photographer and student Daniel Martinez Bazaldua, 22, was found mutilated alongside another early Wednesday morning in Saltillo, Coahuila, some three hours from the Texas border. A note from the Zetas, one of Mexico’s most…
Boston Bombers Were Enraged by American Wars and Indoctrinated Online
By Benjy Hansen-Bundy
Interviews conducted by the Associated Press with the family members of suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev suggest that under the tutelage of a mysterious mentor, the young man dropped his worldly pursuits and interests to devote…
Waco Massacre Anniversary: 20 Years Later, FBI Involvement Remains Controversial
By Benjy Hansen-Bundy
Cult leader David Koresh and 75 of his Davidian followers died in a hellish, CS-fuelled inferno 20 years ago today after a 51-day siege of their compound by the FBI and ATF in Waco, Texas. The fallout of the siege, including subcommittee hearings…
What is Ricin? Poison Sent to Barack Obama and Roger Wicker
By Benjy Hansen-Bundy
A letter addressed to President Obama tested positive for ricin, which is a highly toxic poison. Officials say the same sender was also responsible for a ricin-laced letter sent to Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.). Neither Obama nor Wicker actually…
How Ronald Reagan Made Genocide Possible in Guatemala
By Benjy Hansen-Bundy
Efrain Rios Montt, who ruthlessly ruled Guatemala in the early 1980s, is currently standing trial in his home country  for the genocide of 1,771 indigenous people. This constitutes a monumental step forward for human rights in Latin America.  What…
Did Chiquita Go Bananas and Hire Death Squads in Colombia?
By Benjy Hansen-Bundy
Chiquita, the banana giant, is suing the Securities and Exchange Commission to prevent the release of thousands of documents that might contain more evidence that the company paid Colombian paramilitary groups to protect their…