AltWeeklies Wire
Abu Ghraib Raises Question of "Moral Extraterritoriality"new
It was Dostoyevsky who said you can judge a society by its prisons. It is how Saddam was judged, and it is sadly now how many around the world will judge the U.S.
The Village Voice |
Ted Gup |
05-19-2004 |
Commentary
A Lesbian Writes to the Governor of Massachusettsnew
"If you had to lose a culture war, governor, this was a good one to pick," Laura Conaway writes to Governor Mitt Romney, who she says took the wrong side on the debate over state-sanctioned gay marriage.
The Village Voice |
Laura Conaway |
05-19-2004 |
LGBT
U.S. Has a Tradition of Institutionalized Brutality, Writer Saysnew
Atrocities like the torture and killings of unarmed civilians in Vietnam and the sexual humiliation of prisoners in Abu Ghraib in Iraq are not the mere result of rogue soldiers but stem from what historian Christian Appy identifies as "a doctrine of atrocity."
The Village Voice |
Nicholas Turse |
05-17-2004 |
International
Rummy Must Gonew
God knows, George W. Bush won't fire his Secretary of Defense. This country is not run by an elected president. It is run by a junta consisting of Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld, with Bush as their flack.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
05-17-2004 |
Commentary
Dieter Roth Retrospective at Museum of Modern Artnew
Dieter Roth, whose life and anarchic sensibility veered wildly from his youth in fascist Germany, mocked the solemnities of his contemporaries with an antic art that still spoke constantly of mortality.
The Village Voice |
Leslie Camhi |
04-27-2004 |
Art
After The Rehearsalnew
Playwright Sam Shepard reflects on making his first movie, "Days of Heaven," and working with singer Bob Dylan.
The Village Voice |
Michael Almereyda |
04-27-2004 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Sam Shepard, Days of Heaven
John Kerry Committee Denied Evidence of POWsnew
The Democratic contender's eagerness to normalize relations with Hanoi led him to suppress testimony and withhold intelligence information when he was chairman of the Senate Select Committee on P.O.W./M.I.A. Affairs, Sydney H. Schanberg contends.
The Village Voice |
Sydney H. Schanberg |
04-27-2004 |
Politics
Florida Republican Plays Pivotal Role in Al Sharpton Campaignnew
"Roger Stone, the longtime Republican dirty-tricks operative who led the mob that shut down the Miami-Dade County recount and helped make George W. Bush president in 2000, is financing, staffing, and orchestrating the presidential campaign of Reverend Al Sharpton," the senior editor of The Village Voice reports.
The Village Voice |
Wayne Barrett and News Team |
04-27-2004 |
Politics
Arab-Americans Caught in the Middle on 9/11new
The day of the assault on the World Trade Center towers, Arabs in Queens felt nervous, wounded by taunts and more strongly "American" than ever.
The Village Voice |
Erik Baard |
04-27-2004 |
International
