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Anonymous Detentions Ruled Legal Anonymous Detentions Ruled Legal

"Citizens have a compelling interest in ensuring that their government does not abuse one of its most awesome powers, the power to arrest and jail."

Jun 17, 2003 / Feature / The Nation

New Law Assists Political Intimidation New Law Assists Political Intimidation

An unnecessary new law is used to undermine legitimate dissent.

Jun 15, 2003 / Feature / Daniel Forbes

Profits at Gunpoint Profits at Gunpoint

Unocal's pipeline in Burma becomes a test case in corporate responsibility.

Jun 12, 2003 / Feature / Daphne Eviatar

When It Raines… When It Raines…

Where do I begin?

Jun 12, 2003 / Column / Eric Alterman

Religion in the News Religion in the News

Jun 12, 2003 / Editorial / Edward Sorel and Richard Lingeman

Chipping Away at Roe Chipping Away at Roe

Congress has once again passed a bill banning "partial-birth abortion." It's not the first time. President Clinton vetoed similar bans in 1996 and 1997.

Jun 12, 2003 / Editorial / Wendy Chavkin

A Rebuke to Ashcroft A Rebuke to Ashcroft

"We have to hold these people until we find out what is going on." According to a report issued June 2 by the Justice Department's own Inspector General, that's what Michael Ch...

Jun 12, 2003 / Editorial / David Cole

‘Scoops’ and Truth at the Times ‘Scoops’ and Truth at the Times

What happens when Pentagon objectives and journalists' needs coincide.

Jun 5, 2003 / Feature / Russ Baker

The New Mobility The New Mobility

A recent article in the Washington Post described some suburban high schoolers preparing for their proms by spending nearly $3,000 to rent an H2 Hummerzine, "complete with six ...

Jun 5, 2003 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

We’re Shocked, Shocked! We’re Shocked, Shocked!

It's hard to choose which deserves the coarser jeer: the excited baying in the press about the nondiscovery of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, or the wailing about the 3-t...

Jun 5, 2003 / Beat the Devil / Alexander Cockburn

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