Civil Liberties Take a Dive Post-9/11

Peaceful demonstrators shot and beaten. Students expelled for wearing T-shirts opposing the president. A Girl Scout threatened with... more

What’s Your ‘Risk Score’?

A profiling system for all air travelers is just around the corner.

The Buddha’s Teardrop

For 20 years, the Tamil Tigers have fought a vicious, separatist war against the Sri Lankan government. Can a tenuous ceasefire last?

Meet Howard Dean

Could he mobilize progressives to oust Bush in 2004?

Economic Fix

How to salvage a broken economy

Gangs of Orange County

At last year’s Sundance Film Festival, an angry audience member stood up after the third screening of... more

books

The Long Detour

The History and Future of the American Left

The Next Chapter

“If rap is to stand as not only the most significant cultural movement of our time but one... more

The Third Coast

Biowar and the Apartheid Legacy

Weapons could theoretically be developed that affect particular arrangements of genes clustered in specific ethnic or family groups.

Back Talk

The ABCs of Media Deregulation

As soon as most people see the words “duopoly,” “cross-ownership rules,” or “FCC” in the headlines their eyes glaze over. But not... more

Editorial

Isnt That Special

‘They were so crazed and so far out and so difficult to reason with—to the point of being bizarre.’