Press Watch Press Watch
The Times fans the flames of public fear around the anthrax attacks.
Nov 29, 2001 / Michael Massing
Can Patriotism Be Compassionate? Can Patriotism Be Compassionate?
Moral concern begins with the local, but shouldn't stop there.
Nov 29, 2001 / Feature / Martha C. Nussbaum
After the Taliban After the Taliban
Laura Bush might put on a good face for women's rights in Afghanistan, but her husband's handwork works against women in other places.
Nov 29, 2001 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Alien’s Law Alien’s Law
Noncitizens in the United States face an increasingly harsh Ashcroft-run Justice Department.
Nov 29, 2001 / Bruce Shapiro
Disorder in the Court Disorder in the Court
George W. Bush wants to try terror suspects in in secret military courts. Guilt is presumed over innocence.
Nov 21, 2001 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Voices From the United Nations Voices From the United Nations
As world leaders convened at the 56th Session of the General Assembly of the UN in early November, the main topic of discussion was the fight against terrorism.
Nov 21, 2001 / Feature / Joschka Fischer, Tang Jiaxuan, Roberto Rojas, and Reaz Rahman
Second-Class Postals Second-Class Postals
Anthrax scare reveals racial denial: workers on Capitol Hill are evacuated and given protective drugs while exposed postal workers, most of them black, are forgotten.
Nov 21, 2001 / Amy Alexander
Freedom Is History (and Vice Versa) Freedom Is History (and Vice Versa)
George W. Bush, whose administration is addicted to secrecy, wants presidential papers classified indefinitely, not for the usual 12 years.
Nov 21, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
Where Were They When It Counted? Where Were They When It Counted?
Bush Administration hijacks the Constitution with the Patriot Act and military tribunals; our supine media wakes up (briefly); Congress sleeps
Nov 21, 2001 / Column / Alexander Cockburn
The Army’s Dream Lab The Army’s Dream Lab
The Institute for Creative Technologies makes Star Wars–type simulations for Army personnel
Nov 21, 2001 / Feature / Marc Cooper