Human Rights and Diplomatic Wrongs Human Rights and Diplomatic Wrongs
The composition of the UN's Commission on Human Rights changes annually, since a third of the seats are up for grabs each year. Elections, which take place in the spring, determin...
Sep 20, 2001 / Books & the Arts / Jeffrey Wasserstrom
Bush and bin Laden Bush and bin Laden
America must pursue the culprits while cultivating allies in the Muslim world.
Sep 20, 2001 / Feature / Dilip Hiro
The Uses of Adversity The Uses of Adversity
Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues i...
Sep 20, 2001 / Column / Eric Alterman
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 / David Corn
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 / 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 / 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 / The Editors
A Just Response A Just Response
We must act effectively but within a framework of moral and legal restraints.
Sep 20, 2001 / Feature / Richard Falk
Destined to Shadowbox With the Devil Destined to Shadowbox With the Devil
In a war on terror, there is no victory, for terrorism will always exist. It can be contained, but not eradicated.
Sep 18, 2001 / Column / Robert Scheer
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 / Joel Rogers