Islam’s Divided Crescent Islam’s Divided Crescent
On September 23, 2001, midpoint between the horrific events of September 11 and the beginning of the war in Afghanistan, the New York Times ran an intriguing headline. "Forget the...
Jun 20, 2002 / Books & the Arts / Anthony Arnove
War on Iraq Is Wrong War on Iraq Is Wrong
If the Bush Administration has its way, Iraq will be the first test of its new doctrine of pre-emption. To adopt such a destabilizing strategy is profoundly contrary to our interes...
Jun 20, 2002 / The Editors
Home Security System Home Security System
The timing of George W. Bush's proposal for a Cabinet-level Department of Homeland Security--hastily unveiled when revelations about FBI lapses were hitting the front pages--smack...
Jun 13, 2002 / The Editors
Advice and Consent Advice and Consent
Senator Russ Feingold had hoped the Senate Democratic leadership would challenge George W. Bush's decision to withdraw the United States from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty. At...
Jun 13, 2002 / John Nichols
Life on the Nuclear Edge Life on the Nuclear Edge
In this issue, on the twentieth anniversary of the June 12, 1982, march of a million people in Manhattan's Central Park protesting nuclear arms, we publish an appeal calling on...
Jun 6, 2002 / The Editors
End the Nuclear Danger: An Urgent Call End the Nuclear Danger: An Urgent Call
A DECADE after the end of the cold war, the peril of nuclear destruction is mounting. The great powers have refused to give up nuclear arms, other countries are producing them and...
Jun 6, 2002 / Feature / Jonathan Schell, David Cortright, and Randall Caroline Forsberg
The Growing Nuclear Peril The Growing Nuclear Peril
A more virulent nuclear era has superseded the perils of the cold war.
Jun 6, 2002 / Feature / Jonathan Schell
Saying No to Nuclear Arms Saying No to Nuclear Arms
Calls for an end to nuclear weapons are growing--including in Washington.
Jun 6, 2002 / Feature / Raffi Khatchadourian
Leash the FBI Leash the FBI
The FBI has come under harsh criticism in recent weeks for its failure to act on information that might have enabled it to thwart the September 11 attacks. Rather than deny the cr...
Jun 6, 2002 / David Cole
War Talk War Talk
When India and Pakistan conducted their nuclear tests in 1998, even those of us who condemned them balked at the hypocrisy of Western nuclear powers.
Jun 4, 2002 / Arundhati Roy