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September 10, 2021
Bryan Box
The Things We Carried Home
We veterans survived the post-9/11 wars through dumb luck. Surviving the aftermath was another story.
January 14, 2021
Chris Cannon
The War on Terror Only Created More Terror in America
How the Capitol riot was a natural consequence of the country’s response to the 9/11 attacks
January 7, 2021
Walter Shapiro
A Sickening Day in American History
The MAGA mob and Republican rebellion on Capitol Hill marked a turning point in this nation’s history—but in which direction?
May 20, 2020
Jessica M. Goldstein
When Will We Grieve the Covid Dead?
With nearly 90,000 dead and counting, there has been no national remembrance for those we’ve lost to the pandemic.
April 29, 2020
Dan Xin Huang
Afghanistan May Soon Have Peace. And the Cost Is Democracy.
A fledgling armistice endangers the country’s 20-year experiment in democratic state-building.
January 15, 2016
Elspeth Reeve
There were about 11 different layers of identity politics in Donald Trump and Ted Cruz’s fight over whether New Yorkers are good.
November 23, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
Ben Carson claims he saw video of American Muslims celebrating 9/11, one more piece of evidence his briefing book is just printed-out chain emails.
September 11, 2014
Julia Ioffe
September 11 Didn’t Change Everything, After All
Coming of age after the Twin Towers fell
September 5, 2014
Mehdi Hasan
Why Is The Muslim World in Thrall to Conspiracy Theories?
May 9, 2014
Molly Antopol
Politics Is Made Personal in Michael Cunningham's New Novel
April 18, 2014
Dave Cullen
The 9/11 Trial Has Gone Completely Off the Rails
Justice is hung up on procedural hurdles and FBI shenanigans
June 28, 2013
Letta Tayler
Attorney-Client Privilege? Not at Gitmo
The perverse rules governing the September 11 trials
October 1, 2011
David Grann
The Heartbreaking Stories That Filled My Notebook After 9/11
“We’re still hoping.”
November 18, 2002
Franklin Foer
Moral Hazard
The life of a liberal Muslim.
October 8, 2001
Robert Brustein
No Time For Comedy
Is there room for farce—and critical thought—after September 11?

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