Francis Reynolds | The Nation

Ten years after September 11, 2001, we are still engaged in an unwinnable "War on Terror," and have opened the door to a new vision of "normal"—a normal in which surveillance, detention and secrecy are unquestioned parts of our lives.

During the early twentieth century, Alan Lomax and his father John traveled throughout the American South searching for the work songs, spirituals and folk tales that gave the region it's unique identity.