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Students Wrestle With War Students Wrestle With War

Embattled campus activists hone their message about the crisis in Afghanistan.

Nov 29, 2001 / Feature / Liza Featherstone

The Ends of War The Ends of War

Now that the Taliban regime has fallen in Afghanistan, that group's leaders can face fair and open trials for their crimes against humanity.

Nov 29, 2001 / Column / Christopher Hitchens

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

Letter From Ground Zero: November 21, 2001 Letter From Ground Zero: November 21, 2001

The sudden and unexpected collapse of the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Nov 21, 2001 / Jonathan Schell

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

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