Thanks for the Gary Webb Anti-Censorship Award

The late reporter paid a big price for getting the CIA-crack cocaine story right.

I got some nice news yesterday via Counterpunch and PEN/Oakland, the Bay Area branch of PEN, the international literary organization. Every year PEN/Oakland hands out various awards “to provide recognition for outstanding literary achievement from the entire spectrum of America’s diverse literary community.”

This year’s Gary Webb Anti-Censorship Award go…