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Angela Anderson holds a BA in Latin American Studies and Economics from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, where she spent several years as a political activist working on issues related to policing and prisons. She is currently finishing her MA in Media Studies at The New School and lives in Berlin, Germany.
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No Such Thing as Good and Evil: The Wire and the humanization of the object of risk in the age of biopolitics

by Angela Anderson • 29 May 09
Journal: Issues | The Wire Files [4]

Before, and at a notably accelerated pace since the unfortunate events of 2001, the notion of “life” in the United States has been reduced to an abstract reference to health and safety. Security has taken precedence over quality of life,…