John Lasker is a freelance journalist from Columbus, Ohio.
Below are the collected articles Lasker has written for Toward Freedom.
US Foreign Trade Zones: Connecting Labor Exploitation in a Global Race to the Bottom
Critics Cast Doubt on Success of Efforts to Source Conflict-Free Minerals from Congo
Walmart Workers’ Movement Gains Momentum as Black Friday Looms
A Female Veteran Fights the Forever War: Prescription Drugs, PTSD and Addiction Space Weapons in a Small Town Near You? The Race to Militarize Space
Can a Wall Street Reform Law End a Resource War in Africa?
Retail Giants, Consumerism and Thanksgiving: How Extending Black Friday Undermines Workers’ Rights
Walmart’s Summer of Discontent: Retail Empire Faces Worker Dissent in US and Bangladesh
The Looming Threats to Voting Rights: Online Voting and the US Intelligence Community
Taking on a Giant: Walmart Workers Organize for Massive Black Friday Strike
How Low Will the GOP Go? The Threat of the Republicans Rigging the Election
Behind the Profit: How the US Government Facilitates Outsourcing Jobs Overseas
Seroquel or Suicide? Parents of Dead Soldiers Say US Military Needs to Come Clean
The Dark Side of Black Friday: Low-Wage Workers Fight for Rights at Target and Walmart
US Seeks to Establish Naval Base on Jeju Island in Spite of Protests
Violence in the US Military: Family Searches for Truth Regarding Daughter’s Death
Sexual Violence Against Women in the US Military: The Search for Truth and Justice
From Chiquita to Nike: Labor Activists Drive Corporations Bananas
Speaking Out: US Military Sexual Violence and Trauma Against Women
From Europe to Outer Space: Dissecting Obama’s Missile Defense Plan
Spinning a Resource War in Afghanistan
Congolese Women Suffer As Rwanda Squashes Dissent
US Space Weapon Now Circling the Globe
Following the Mineral Trail: Congo Resource Wars and Rwanda
How Tech Giants Outsource Labor on American Soil
Looting Africa: Canadian Company Eyes Gold in Democratic Republic of Congo
Of Blood and Gold: How Canadian Mining Companies Loot the Congo
Obama’s Troubling Stance on Missile Defense and Militarizing Space
Inside Africa’s PlayStation War
Resource Wars in Africa: AFRICOM and the Reach of US Corporations