Press Watch Press Watch
With the news media playing such a pivotal--and questionable--role during the current crisis, we have asked Michael Massing, a contributing editor at the Columbia Journalism Revie...
Sep 27, 2001 / Editorial / Michael Massing
Letter From Ground Zero: September 27, 2001 Letter From Ground Zero: September 27, 2001
I was somehow unprepared by television for what I saw when I arrived at Ground Zero.
Sep 27, 2001 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell
Barbara Lee’s Stand Barbara Lee’s Stand
When Congress voted to authorize the Bush Administration to use military force in response to the September 11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, Represent...
Sep 20, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
Nation Notes Nation Notes
The Nation's phone and e-mail were disrupted as a result of the World Trade Center attacks. We are grateful to Public Interest Network Services for advice and technical support en...
Sep 20, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
Justice, Not Vengeance Justice, Not Vengeance
The atrocious attacks on the World Trade Center were massive crimes against humanity in both a real-world sense and in a technical legal sense, as Richard Falk reminds us. As such...
Sep 20, 2001 / Editorial / The Editors
A Sense of Proportion A Sense of Proportion
The blow against the United States has landed. As we go to press, the counterblow is awaited. Those deciding what it will be face a devilish conundrum. A great injury seems to call…
Sep 20, 2001 / Editorial / Jonathan Schell
A Matter of Rights A Matter of Rights
Nothing tests our commitment to principle like terrorism. Before September 11, America banned assassinations of foreign leaders; now the Administration is considering abandoning t...
Sep 20, 2001 / Editorial / David Cole
The Democrats’ Dilemma The Democrats’ Dilemma
So long, politics? As George W. Bush mounted Operation Noble Eagle, Republicans and Democrats found little over which to disagree. In the days after the September 11 terror attack...
Sep 20, 2001 / Editorial / David Corn
The End of Innocence The End of Innocence
While downtown still smolders, and the country gears up for a likely war against the perpetrators of the September 11 attacks, we must keep in mind that state-sanctioned terrorism,...
Sep 18, 2001 / Editorial / Joel Rogers
A Political Solution Is Required A Political Solution Is Required
While the US looks upon Pakistan for help in its new 'war on terror,' lessons from the past teach us that the alliance can have sinister repercussions.