Taking Liberties Taking Liberties
On September 2 a federal judge in Detroit threw out the only jury conviction the Justice Department has obtained on a terrorism charge since 9/11.
Sep 16, 2004 / Editorial / David Cole
Letter From Afghanistan Letter From Afghanistan
The strange story of the Herati shelter girls shows the limits of "liberation."
Security for Sale Security for Sale
This article is adapted from Sifry and Watzman's just-published Is That a Politician in Your Pocket? Washington on $2 Million a Day.
Sep 16, 2004 / Editorial / Micah L. Sifry and Nancy Watzman
Be Our Guests Be Our Guests
Guest workers in the US are routinely punished for asserting their rights.
Sep 9, 2004 / Feature / David Bacon
The Girlie Vote The Girlie Vote
Since when are women--51 percent of the population--a special interest?
Sep 9, 2004 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Now Hear This! Now Hear This!
A once-sleepy population of artists and their fans has emerged as a loud and active proponent of political change.
Sep 2, 2004 / Feature / Hillary Frey
Hope for Human Rights Hope for Human Rights
This article was adapted from The Impossible Will Take a Little While: A Citizen's Guide to Hope in a Time of Fear (Basic Books, www.theimpossible.org).
Sep 2, 2004 / Feature / Kenneth Roth
The Burden of Memory The Burden of Memory
Perhaps you noticed them in the main square of your town this year--or last year, or any year you've been alive, in any town where you've ever lived: a group of people solemnly a...
Sep 2, 2004 / Books & the Arts / Meline Toumani
The Bush Crusade The Bush Crusade
Sacred violence, again unleashed in 2001, could prove as destructive as in 1096.
Sep 2, 2004 / Books & the Arts / James Carroll
‘We Lie. We Decide.’ ‘We Lie. We Decide.’
TIM RUSSERT: But, Senator, when you testified before the Senate, you talked about some of the hearings you had observed at the Winter Soldiers meeting, and you said that peop
Sep 2, 2004 / Column / Eric Alterman