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Route-Stepping? Our Way to WWIII

Scare-tactic allusions to war allow Bush to push an extremist agenda.

Gregory D. Foster

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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

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The Neocons Lexicon

Republican term "Islamofacism" conflates the war on terro as a battle between the Enlightenment and Theocracy.

Salim Muwakkil

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9/11 Refracted

Post-9/11 reporting has been full of commercialization, ideology and manipulation, not unbiased reporting.

Susan J. Douglas

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Katrina and the Politics of Disposability

News reporting on the aftermath of Katrina blames the victims rather than helps them.

Henry Giroux

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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

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Corporal Punishments Hidden Costs

Corporal punishment of children linked to later interpersonal violence.

Salim Muwakkil

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Sick to Death of Bush

Disease research at Fort Detrick, MD further undermines U.S. and international law.

Terry J. Allen

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Pushing Back Against Ad Censorship

Television networks refuse progressive ads more often than conservative ones

Paul Waldman and Matthew Biedlingmaier

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No Cause For Celebration

A Toronto conference on AIDS disappoints activists.

Michael McColly

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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

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The Reparations Bandwagon

Hurricane Katrina opens eyes to the need for reparations to repair the race/class divide.

Salim Muwakkil

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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

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It Came From the Beltway

Joe Lieberman is not a centrist.

Brian Cook

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Israel’s September 11 Effect

Israel is uniting in its war with Lebanon

Neve Gordon

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Unexploded Ordnance: Our Legacy in Laos

unexploded bombs still killing people in Laos decades after Vietnam.

Terry J. Allen

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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

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Enough With the Celebutantes!

celebrity culture is a major culprit in the backlash against women.

Susan J. Douglas

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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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If the Paint Sticks, Sling It

MoveOn uses new "Caught red-handed" ad campaign to highlight Republican congressional candidates who put special interests before the public good.

Joel Bleifuss

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Thank You, Mr. Bush

Bush administration tries to render the media impotent

Terry J. Allen

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Go On, Amend Away

Should flag burning be outlawed by Constitutional amendment?

Laura S. Washington

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The Persecution of the American Taliban?

John Walker Lindh was misunderstood and mislabeled as an "American Taliban."

Salim Muwakkil

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The 9/11 Truth Conspiracy Is a Distraction from the Real Crimes of Our Government

We should be sounding the alarm over endless war being waged in our name, not conspiracy theories.

Terry J. Allen