Society

The Normalcy of Fear The Normalcy of Fear

A delegation of Iraqi women is traveling the country in an effort to convey the grim realities of the US occupation.

Mar 20, 2006 / Feature / Anja Tranovich and Rachel Corbett

Keeping Gideon’s Promise Keeping Gideon’s Promise

Montana is setting the stage for other states in its push to improve legal representation for the poor and to address the lack of competent public attorneys.

Mar 16, 2006 / Feature / Eyal Press

Showdown on Immigration Showdown on Immigration

After twenty years of inaction, the US Senate is considering sweeping immigration reform. But a push for quick action and the November elections may thwart the current bipartisan c...

Mar 16, 2006 / Feature / Marc Cooper

Experimental Art Experimental Art

Alan Lightman makes scientists into artists in his new book The Discoveries, promoting original journal articles as "the great novels and symphonies of science."

Mar 16, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Joshua Foer

Three Who Made a Revolution Three Who Made a Revolution

Rachel Carson, Betty Friedan and Jane Jacobs opened vast new possibilities for social transformation by writing about widespread attacks on nature, women and the poor.

Mar 16, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Solnit

Truth or Consequences Truth or Consequences

OK, kids: With conservatives on the hunt for dangerous left-wing academics, take this SAT (Save America from Treachery) test. See if you can tell the difference between a terroris...

Mar 16, 2006 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

Patriot Act Post-Mortem Patriot Act Post-Mortem

The failure of a complaisant, Republican-controlled Congress to enact meaningful changes to the Patriot Act means that midterm elections are the only true path to reform.

Mar 16, 2006 / Editorial / David Cole

An American Inquisition? An American Inquisition?

The case of an architect who lost lucrative contracts because of his interest in the Palestinian cause underscores how Americans are becoming inured to enforced patriotism and ideo...

Mar 16, 2006 / Editorial / The Editors

Too Hot for New York Too Hot for New York

My Name Is Rachel Corrie was a big hit in London, but the New York Theatre Workshop backed off from producing the play. Why is it so hard for Americans to have a healthy debate abo...

Mar 16, 2006 / Books & the Arts / Philip Weiss

The Bolton Archipelago The Bolton Archipelago

John Bolton's grandstanding vote today opposing the establishment of a UN Human Rights Council might please hard-core isolationists. But no one else.

Mar 16, 2006 / Feature / Ian Williams

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