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01.24.2002
John Walker Lindh
9-11 Families Go to Afghanistan

01.23.2002
Vladimir Putin: Dictator or Reformer?
401(k) Nation

01.22.2002
Popular History: Are the Facts Being Obscured?
Donald Rumsfeld: Secretary of Defense and National Icon

01.21.2002
The Role of Non-Violent Protest in the Post-9/11 World
Scientific Research Post 9-11

01.18.2002
The Return of Tabloid Television
"Slamming" Terrorism

01.17.2002
Maintaining America's Power
The Changing Workplace Post-9/11

01.16.2002
The Prisoners of Guantanamo
Lessons from the 1990's

01.15.2002
Kashmir: The First Test of the Bush Doctrine?
Teddy Roosevelt Speaks to the 21st Century

01.14.2002
Enron: The Consequence of Corporate Governance?
Avoiding Future Battles Between the 1st and 3rd Worlds

01.11.2002
Tribeca: Profile of a New York City Neighborhood
Comedy: A Question of Timing

01.10.2002
Homeland Security: A Dangerous Return to Normalcy?
Aiding Afghanistan

01.09.2002
The United States' Uneasy Alliance with Saudi Arabia
Deficit Economics

01.08.2002
The Economic Prospects for the Middle East
The Revival of Public Religion in Politics

01.07.2002
The New Old Leadership in Afghanistan
Going Pagan with Robert Kaplan

01.04.2002
How History Will View September 11th
How a Boston Church Has Responded Musically since Sept. 11

01.03.2002
How The World Views the War on Terror
The New Face of Europe

01.02.2002
The New Corporate Responsibility
The U.S.: Global Champion of Human Rights?

01.01.2002
Radio Diaries
Revolutionary Islam ("Inside Out" documentary)

12.31.2001
Searching for a Better World in the Face of Terrorism
The Music You've Turned to Since 9-11

12.28.2001
September 11th's Impact on America's Children
Roots of Resentment

12.27.2001
A New Grand Strategy for America
What Conservatives Should Learn from 9/11

12.26.2001
Reflections on God in the Post-9/11 world
The Language of Crisis and Conflict

12.25.2001
Holiday Music Concert
Doctors Without Borders

12.24.2001
Joel Meyerowitz: Capturing History As it Happens
The Literature of Afghanistan

12.21.2001
Benazir Bhutto Speaks Out
The Revels Spread Their Holiday Cheer

12.20.2001
The Remarkable Career of Anthony Lewis
Amtrak: A Solution to the National Fear of Flying?

12.18.2001
Reconstructing Afghanistan: A New Marshall Plan?
William Kristol's Project for the New American Century

12.17.2001
The Post Office Adapts to Terrorism
African-American Muslims

12.14.2001
Reporters Reflect on Their Time in Afghanistan
Music During Times of Crisis

12.13.2001
The bin Laden Tape
The Transformation of the Bush Administration

12.12.2001
Heroin: The Troubling Cash Crop of Afghanistan
The Invisible Victims of September 11th

12.11.2001
The Final Battlefield: The Caves of Tora Bora
The Crystal Ball of Paul Saffo

12.10.2001
Human Rights in an Age of Terror
The Assassins: The World's First Terrorists

12.07.2001
The Changing U.S.-Japanese Relations
Hollywood Responds to September 11th

12.06.2001
The New Questions in Afghanistan
U.S. Foreign Policy in a Changing World

12.05.2001
"Dirty Bombs:" Using Nuclear Materials for Terror
The U.S.: Winning the Battle But Losing the War?

12.04.2001
Learning From the Mistakes of Israel
Capturing History as it Unfolds

12.03.2001
A New War in the Middle East?
Technology: The Way Out of the U.S. Dilemma?

11.30.2001
John Ashcroft: The Man with the Toughest Job in America
Remembering George Harrison

11.29.2001
The Pashtun Code
The Burka and the Bikini: Equally as Restrictive?

11.28.2001
College Students React to the War on Terror
Remembering Those Lost

11.27.2001
The Iraq Conundrum
Reel Bad Arabs: How Hollywood Vilifies a People

11.26.2001
Tweaking Globalization to Eliminate Inequity
Robert Fisk on the Latest in Afghanistan

11.23.2001
Children's Literature Responds to Terror
Violence in the Name of Religion

11.22.2001
Special Selection of Radio Diaries
The Music of the Middle East

11.21.2001
George McGovern on World Hunger
Folk Music Responds to Crisis

11.20.2001
The Power of Poetry (with Robert Pinsky)
The Ethics of Surrender

Plus, part 2 of our series on the Koran explores the nature of Allah, and NPR's Steve Inskeep with the latest from Afghanistan.

11.19.2001
Business in an Age of Uncertainty
Algeria: An Ominous Case Study

Also, we begin a 5-part series examining the Koran, and New York Times reporter and bioterrorism expert Judith Miller on the U.S. publicly accusing five countries of violating Germ-Weapons Treaty.

11.16.2001
Where is Osama bin Laden?
Al Jazeera: CNN to the Middle East

Plus, the soap opera that kept the Taliban from outlawing radio, and Tom and Jack look back at an eventful week.

11.15.2001
NPR's Exclusive Interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

11.14.2001
Transitional Justice: Lessons from South Africa and Rwanda
Tom Ricks from Inside the Pentagon

Plus, Jonathan Turley of George Washington University on President Bush's order to allow special military tribunals to try foreigners charged with terrorism and the discussion at an Alabama football tailgating party turns to terrorism and charity.

11.13.2001
A Best-Case Scenario for Afghanistan
A New York State of Mind

Plus, Special Coverage's Jill Kaufman on the challenges facing charities after September 11th and an Afghan-American reacts to the news that Kabul has fallen to the Northern Alliance.

11.12.2001
American Airlines Flight 587 Crashes in Queens
Terrorism Check-In

Plus, Major Charles Heyman of Jane's World Armies with the latest on the campaign in Afghanistan and WNYC's Mary Ann McCune on how New York City is reacting to its latest tragedy.

11.09.2001
The Power and Pitfalls of Patriotism
The Long View: Islam

Also, New York Times military correspondent Michael Gordon on reports that Mazar-e-Sharif has fallen to the Northern Alliance.

11.08.2001
Airline Security
Analysis of the President's Address

Plus, The Christian Science Monitor's Ilene Prusher on Japanese and former Presidential advisor David Gergen speaks on leadership in a time of crisis.

11.07.2001
The Uncomfortable Question of Anti-Semitism
The Long View: The Global Economy

Plus, The Washington Post's Kevin Sullivan has been talking to citizens on his informal survey of the world's public opinion on the attacks in Afghanistan and a morning drive radio program in Chicago that takes on more serious issues since September 11th.

11.06.2001
The Feminist Critique of the War
The Long View: Energy Policy

Also, retired Brigadier General John Reppert on how the war is progressing and a poet who hails from Afghanistan envisions a new, rebuilt Afghanistan.

11.05.2001
The U.S. Ground Attack
The Long View: The Role of the U.S. Overseas

Also, WNYC's Beth Fertig on the man who will succeed Rudolph Giuliani and Special Coverage's Jonathan Saltzman on how some companies are making money off the country's post-September 11th anxieties.

11.02.2001
A Look Inside the Bush Administration
The Palestinian Conundrum

Also, The Washington Post's Douglas Farah on how diamonds may be financing Osama bin Laden, and the diary of a non-Muslim woman who wears a hajib to show her solidarity with Muslim women.

11.01.2001
Russia and the U.S.: A New Relationship
Americans in Times of Crisis

Plus, WBUR's Jill Kaufman on the environmental impact of the World Trade Center collapse and an event planner from the World Trade Center says the list of things that haven't changed in her life since September 11th is all too short.

10.31.2001
Fighting the War at Home
The Far Right's Response to Recent Events

Plus, WBUR's Jonathan Saltzman on the activities of the pacifist movement and humorist Jimmy Tingle on the real horrors of this Halloween.

10.30.2001
US-Israeli Relations in Context
Immigration: Should We Tighten the Borders?

Also, the Director of the Conference Board's Consumer Research Center on the drop in consumer confidence and a staff writer for Time Magazine tells of how a case of the sniffles became a cause of concern.

10.29.2001
Building a New Afghanistan
Teaching History as it Happens

Plus, Wall Street Journal correspondent Steve LeVine on the assasination of a prominent anti-Taliban leader, and students at Garfield High School in Seattle reflect on the events of the past month and a half.

10.26.2001
America: The Last Best Killers on Earth?
Ramadan: Should the Bombing Continue?

Also, a look at how Western writers have portaryed Afghanistan in Part 5 of our series on Afghan literature and the Times of London's Philip Webster on the possibility that bin Laden may have access to nuclear weapons.

10.25.2001
Marketing America
A Skeptical Voice from the Middle East

Also, Part 4 of our series on Afghan literature examines Afghan women writers and a report on the perils of academic freedom in a time of crisis.

10.24.2001
Terrorism and White Guilt: Is It Our Own Fault?
Blind Faith: Should the Government be Trusted?

Also, Part 3 of our Afghan literature series takes a look at modern writers' reflections on war and the BBC's Susanna with the latest from Pakistan..

10.23.2001
The Price of Terror
Exit Strategy

Also, Part 2 of our series on Afghan literature examines the classical Afghan writers, and the reflections of a Vietnam veteran.

10.22.2001
The Smallpox Threat: How Secure are Soviet Weapons?
An End to Fighting in Northern Ireland?

Plus, Halloween takes on a new meaning for a Massachusetts mom, and the Boston Globe's Kevin Cullen reports on where the evidence is pointing in the slew of anthrax mailings.

10.19.2001
A Watchful State
Special Forces in Afghanistan

Plus, WBUR's Jonathan Saltzman on the possible national ID card system and a look back at the news of the week.

10.18.2001
The End of the Post Cold War Era
The Growing Afghan Refugee Problem

Plus, President Bush in China, growing tensions between Israel and Palestine, and a New Yorker who has lost her geographical bearings without the World Trade Center.

10.17.2001
The Debate Within the White House
The Psychology of the Nation

Plus The Christian Science Monitor's Scott Baldauf on Colin Powell's visit to India and a radio diary from a junior at Yale who plans on entering the Marines when he graduates.

10.16.2001
The Palestinian Question
The War of the Intellectuals

Plus military analyst William Arkin on the airstrikes in Afghanistan and a report on overcoming the fear of flying: one the most common phobias becomes immensely harder to beat after the September hijackings.

10.15.2001
Pakistan: A Tenuous Ally
The Re-emergence of Politics

Plus, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner on Refugees on the growing problems in the Middle East and an American travels abroad during the bombings on Afghanistan and finds himself in the role of ambassador.

10.12.2001
A Nation in Panic?
The Role of the United Nations

Plus, looking back at one of the most extraordinary months in history through sound and a radio diary from the associate vicar of one of the oldest Churches in America, Boston's Old North Church.

10.11.2001
The Media at War: How Much Disclosure?
The President's Press Conference and Reaction

Also, Scott Baldauf of the Christian Science Monitor reports from Islamabad and an American ex-patriot in Germany shares her radio diary.

10.10.2001
The Armed Forces: Who is Fighting for Us?
The Tribal Culture of Afghanistan

Also, a new sense of energy pervades college's ROTC programs and an obiturist reflects on the challenge of remembering the individual when so many people die in a tragedy.

10.09.2001
The Fundamentalist Islamist View of the World
Financing the War

Plus, a report from Afghanistan on the U.S. air strikes and the President of Hampshire College shares advice with college-bound high school seniors in his radio diary.

10.08.2001
U.S. Begins Attacks on Afghanistan
Framing the War in the Muslim World

Also, former President Clinton speaks at Yale on the new challenge facing America and residents of Boulder, Colorado reflect on revenge, healing, and peace.

10.05.2001
Talkin' 'Bout Your Generation
Hollywood Goes to War

Also, Los Angeles Times television critic Howard Rosenberg reflects on how September 11 has affected TV programming

10.04.2001
The Middle East: Lessons Learned
Terrorism: A Global Phenomenon

Also, thoughts from former Ambassador Richard Holbrooke

10.03.2001
U.S. Intelligence: How Smart Is It?
The History of War in Afghanistan

Plus, NPR's Tom Gjelten on Donald Rumsfeld's upcoming trip and seniors who remember Pearl Harbor share their thoughts on this latest attack on the United States.

10.02.2001
Poverty in the Third World: A Coming Anarchy?
India and Pakistan: A Himalayan Time Bomb?

Also, The BBC's Susanna Price on the growing refugee problem in Pakistan and high school students in Massachusetts react to a changing world.

10.01.2001
Entertainment: When is it OK to Laugh Again?
Iran: Friend or Foe?

Also, Robert Siegel of the satirical weekly "The Onion" on finding humor in tragedy and a view from Tehran.

9.28.2001
Freedom: What does it Mean Today?
Reforming the Military: Where Should Our Priorities Lie?

Also, Paul Krugman on the prospects for an economic turnaround and the diary of a Duke University student frustrated at what she calls political correctness when action is needed.

9.27.2001
Homeland Defense: Are We a Sitting Target?
Saudi Arabia: Caught in the Middle

Also, resource expert Michael Klare on OPEC's decision to maintain the flow of oil and the diary of a young mother who struggles to explain what happened on September 11th to her young children.

9.26.2001
Bioterrorism: How Big is the Threat?
The End of an Era: Are the 1990's to Blame for the Attacks?

Also, audio diaries from a New Yorker at his cottage in the Adirondacks when the attacks occurred and a young Arab-American woman in Boston trying to find her place in post-attack America.

9.25.2001
The Legacy of the Crusades
Strange Bedfellows: Forging an International Coalition

Also, Saudia Arabia cuts diplomatic ties with Afghanistan and a reporter who covered the Oklahoma City bombing struggles to understand what is now the worst terrorist attack on American soil.

9.24.2001
The Iraqi Connection: Was Saddam behind the attacks?
Frozen Assets: The Financial Battle Begins

Also, the latest on the investigation and a DJ responds to Clear Channel's recommendation to take certain songs off the air in the wake of the terrorist attacks.

9.21.2001
Strong Words: Bush's Address to Congress
The Arab World Reacts: Will the U.S. target other Arab countries in addition to Afghanistan?

Also, how the world is reacting to Bush's speech to the US Congress.

9.20.2001
The New Face of War: What will the battles look like?
Leadership in a Time of Crisis: What do we need from our leaders as we cope with the terrorist attacks?

Also, audio diaries from an Afghani-American and others and the latest on the struggles facing the airline industry.

9.19.2001
Living in a World of Terrorism: How will our lives change?
Wartime Dissent: How does the country feel as the President prepares for a "war" on terrorism?

Also, part 2 of Michael Moore's audio diary, diaries by Andrew Bacevich and others, and news features from Tacoma, Washington, and the Great Lakes region.

9.18.2001
European Involvement: Does the U.S. need Europe's help?
Dead or Alive: What should the U.S. do with Osama bin Laden even if they are able to catch him? Should the manhunt be framed in terms of war or in terms of law?

Also, the day's news roundup with NPR's Mike Shuster and the BBC's Paul Wood. Audio diary by filmmaker Michael Moore. News features from Cleveland, Phoenix, and Chicago.

9.17.2001
The Ultimatum: Is War Inevitable?
Geopolitical Region: Is this situation the failure of US foreign policy?
The Economy: Will it recover?

The day's news roundup with Scott Baldouf, Ralph Pnaelli and John Ydstie. Audio Diaries by Nate Dimeo and Eliza Kunkel. Features by Toni Randolph, Jessica Jones and Susan Burton.

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