Opinion
End Medical Experimentation on Prisoners Now
Prisoners have no rights regarding the quality of their medical care or their participation in experiments.
Silja J.A. Talvi
The Neocons Lexicon
Republican term "Islamofacism" conflates the war on terro as a battle between the Enlightenment and Theocracy.
Salim Muwakkil
9/11 Refracted
Post-9/11 reporting has been full of commercialization, ideology and manipulation, not unbiased reporting.
Susan J. Douglas
Katrina and the Politics of Disposability
News reporting on the aftermath of Katrina blames the victims rather than helps them.
Henry Giroux
Fighting the Larger War
The War On Terror is unique because its political, temporal and geographic borders are unknown and its enemy is fluidly ill-defined.
Neve Gordon
Corporal Punishments Hidden Costs
Corporal punishment of children linked to later interpersonal violence.
Salim Muwakkil
Sick to Death of Bush
Disease research at Fort Detrick, MD further undermines U.S. and international law.
Terry J. Allen
Pushing Back Against Ad Censorship
Television networks refuse progressive ads more often than conservative ones
Paul Waldman and Matthew Biedlingmaier
No Cause For Celebration
A Toronto conference on AIDS disappoints activists.
Michael McColly
The True Temptations of the West
Temptations of the West: How to be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet and Beyond is a travelogue by Pankaj Mishra about the shadow of poverty in South Asia.
Lakshmi Chaudhry
The Reparations Bandwagon
Hurricane Katrina opens eyes to the need for reparations to repair the race/class divide.
Salim Muwakkil
Debunking the 60s with Ayers and Dohrn
Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers, activiists leaders in SDS in the '60's, say a new movement must be built.
Laura S. Washington
It Came From the Beltway
Joe Lieberman is not a centrist.
Brian Cook
Israel’s September 11 Effect
Israel is uniting in its war with Lebanon
Neve Gordon
Unexploded Ordnance: Our Legacy in Laos
unexploded bombs still killing people in Laos decades after Vietnam.
Terry J. Allen
Police Torture and the Need for Repair
Special prosecutors Edward Egan and Robert Boyle report that Chicago Police led by Commander Jon Burge likely tortured dozens.
Salim Muwakkil
Enough With the Celebutantes!
celebrity culture is a major culprit in the backlash against women.
Susan J. Douglas
A Terrifying Distraction
Government entrapment leads to the unlawful arrest of seven Hatian men falsely accused of terrorist actvity.
Salim Muwakkil
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