Sneakers for Social Justice? Sneakers for Social Justice?
New York Knicks point guard Stephon Marbury is getting props with a $14.98 sneaker designed to appeal to low-income kids. But the criticism he's endured over sweatshop labor shows ...
Sep 19, 2006 / Column / Dave Zirin
Torture and the Content of our Character Torture and the Content of our Character
The standoff between the Senate and the Bush Administration over military tribunals, torture and war crimes tests core legal and moral issues and will determine the kind of country...
Sep 15, 2006 / Feature / Jeremy Brecher and Brendan Smith
Lawless ‘Compromises’ Lawless ‘Compromises’
Prime midyear election issues: Torture and eavesdropping are illegal. We are a nation founded on the rule of law.
Sep 15, 2006 / The Editors
Lying About 9/11? Easy as ABC Lying About 9/11? Easy as ABC
Why did the network humiliate its news division, ignore historians and insult Americans with a 9/11 docudrama that it knew was a tissue of lies?
Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Eric Alterman
A Klatch of Civilizations A Klatch of Civilizations
As Survivor races to the bottom by dividing this season's contenders into race-based tribes, perhaps we can look to Starbucks for new models of how to blend in.
Sep 14, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Patricia J. Williams
A Passion for Pluto A Passion for Pluto
Pluto's demotion from a planet to a dwarf isn't the work of mean-spirited Grinches. It is a necessary part of the same process that got Pluto discovered in the first place.
Sep 13, 2006 / Marla Geha
9/11 in a Movie-Made World 9/11 in a Movie-Made World
What if the Twin Towers hadn't collapsed? Would the Bush Administration have so easily advanced its fear-inspired "war on terror" without the images that played on a culture's secr...
Sep 10, 2006 / Feature / Tom Engelhardt
Politics, the Media and 9/11 Politics, the Media and 9/11
Since September 11, the Bush Administration has repeatedly exploited the threat of terrorism for political ends, from dirty bombs to sleeper cells to electoral politics.
Sep 7, 2006 / Feature / Eric Boehlert
A Light in Brooklyn A Light in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn, a beleaguered Arab-American community copes with bigotry and heightened government scrutiny post-9/11.
Sep 7, 2006 / Feature / Moustafa Bayoumi
Arab America’s September 11 Arab America’s September 11
Arab Americans are experiencing something similar to McCarthy-era redbaiting, but the cold war performed better on racial justice than Bush's "war on terror."
Sep 7, 2006 / Feature / Moustafa Bayoumi