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.
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