Society

Unfriendly Skies Unfriendly Skies

The FAA, which had long ignored airlines' requests for help with unruly passengers, is now relying on those same airlines' apparent racial profiling when deciding who gets ...

Dec 20, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro

Stossel’s Heroes Stossel’s Heroes

John Stossel has a conservative stable of pundits when it come to his questionable reporting of evironmental issues.

Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / Mark Dowie

The Right in the Classroom The Right in the Classroom

Right-wing climate-change deniers worked hand-in-glove with John Stossel to portray schoolchild as being 'scared green' on a recent ABC special.

Dec 20, 2001 / Feature / Marianne Manilov

Executive Obstruction Executive Obstruction

The Bush administration's insistence on secrecy in the Whitey Bulger case raises some unsettling questions.

Dec 19, 2001 / Feature / Bruce Shapiro

Secularism Unlocks the Door to Stability Secularism Unlocks the Door to Stability

In rebuilding Afghanistan, lessons should be learned from Turkey and Egypt when it comes to the separation of church and state.

Dec 18, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer

Press Watch Press Watch

Seymore Hersh has had a string of scoops since September 11, laying bare the covert community's skulduggery. Now, though, it seems he's toeing the government's line in ...

Dec 13, 2001 / Michael Massing

Pennies in the Hat Pennies in the Hat

Christmas can be a consumeristic orgy, but consider some gift-giving alternatives to improve the world.

Dec 13, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Oregon Rains on Ashcroft Oregon Rains on Ashcroft

The city of Portland is resisting calls from the Justice Department to racially profile its residents; predictably, right-wing pundits are enraged.

Dec 13, 2001 / David Sarasohn

Naming—and Un-naming—Names Naming—and Un-naming—Names

Critics of the war on terror—or even those who slightly question the Bush administration—may now find themselves on a list of members of a fifth column.

Dec 13, 2001 / Feature / Eric Scigliano

Where Are the Women? Where Are the Women?

Will women be included in the debate on Afghanistan's future?

Dec 13, 2001 / Feature / Sara Austin

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