Society

Victory Gardens?! Victory Gardens?!

War tropes abound once again during our war on terrorism, but this ain't the USA of yesteryear.

Nov 1, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Security With Liberty: A Forum Security With Liberty: A Forum

On October 26, President Bush signed into law an antiterrorism package dismantling many privacy protections that Americans had long taken for granted.

Nov 1, 2001 / Feature / Amy Bach

With Powers Like These, Can Repression Be Far Behind? With Powers Like These, Can Repression Be Far Behind?

Swept away by the fury of their impotence, huddled in temporary congressional offices, unable to capture anyone responsible for the terrorist assault on the United States, Congress...

Oct 30, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

FOIA Request FOIA Request

  Click here for background and other related information on the attempt to gain information on the more than 800 people detained by US authorities since September 11.

Oct 29, 2001 / Feature / The Nation

The Shame of Boxing The Shame of Boxing

The fighters are powerless workers in need of rights and justice.

Oct 25, 2001 / Feature / Jack Newfield

Letter From Ground Zero: October 25, 2011 Letter From Ground Zero: October 25, 2011

We've reached a new brink.

Oct 25, 2001 / Jonathan Schell

Information Lockdown Information Lockdown

Viewers of the old spy spoof Get Smart will remember the Cone of Silence--that giant plastic hair-salon dryer that descended over Maxwell Smart and Control when they held a sensit...

Oct 25, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro

US Bows to Turkey US Bows to Turkey

Alongside the White House and the Capitol building on the alleged terrorist hit list for September 11 was another, little-noticed target: Incirlik, a US airbase in southern Turkey...

Oct 25, 2001 / Ian Urbina

Big Pharma’s Payoff Big Pharma’s Payoff

Talk about good times for Washington's mercenary culture. Even as officials scrambled to explain why they had not acted more quickly to protect postal workers from anthrax contami...

Oct 25, 2001 / The Editors

‘Blowback,’ the Prequel ‘Blowback,’ the Prequel

The story of what historians call the second cold war often begins with the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979, which shocked Americans into their own overreaction i...

Oct 25, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman

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