No Lawyers Beyond This Point Immigration Authorities Bar the Door
No Lawyers Beyond This Point, Immigration Authorities Bar the DoorBy Anne-Marie CusacMay 1, 2003When the Bush Administration orders male Muslim immigrants to report for what is called Special...
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Open to Attack: Bush Gives In to Chemical Companies, Leaves Nation VulnerableBy Anne-Marie CusacNovember 2003Since September 11, 2001, the nation has been on alert about the vulnerability of chemical...
View ArticleThe Trouble with Tasers
The Trouble with TasersBy Anne-Marie CusacMay 2005 IssueHigh-powered tasers are the new fad in law enforcement. They are becoming ever more prevalent even as their safety is increasingly in question....
View ArticleAbu Ghraib, USA
Abu Ghraib, USABy Anne-Marie CusacWhen I first saw the photo, taken at the Abu Ghraib prison, of a hooded and robed figure strung with electrical wiring, I thought of the Sacramento, California, city...
View ArticleSaul Bellow Reconsidered
Saul Bellow ReconsideredBy Anne-Marie CusacFrom the June 2005 IssueI had an unfortunate introduction to Saul Bellow. In 1988, as a college senior, I took a contemporary novels course with one of my...
View ArticleYou're in the Hole: A Crackdown on Dissident Prisoners
It was September 19, 2001. Elizabeth McAlister had not heard from her husband, Philip Berrigan, in more than a week. Such silence on Berrigan's part was "most unusual," she says.read more
View ArticleHarold Pinter Interview
By Anne-Marie Cusac in March of 2001 Harold Pinter, the Nobel Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter whose absurdist and realistic works displayed a despair and defiance about the human condition,...
View ArticleToxic Prison Labor
By Anne-Marie Cusac, March 2009 issue They remember dust. Noise, too, but first dust—lodging in their hair, penetrating face oils in a mask. They wore dust, smelled it, tasted it.“It was a dirty job,”...
View ArticleA Derrick by Your Campsite
By Anne-Marie Cusac, November 2011 issue In Ohio, thanks to John Kasich, state parks now welcome oil and gas companies.read more
View ArticleWitnessing the Protests in Brazil
By Anne-Marie Cusac, June 29, 2013 Glimpses of Rio, as the middle class takes to the streets.read more
View ArticleBrazen Bosses
Anne-Marie CusacBrazen BossesBy Anne-Marie CusacFebruary 2003The most basic labor right--the right to organize a union--does not exist in actual fact in many workplaces across the country. During...
View ArticleSam Hamill Interview
Anne-Marie Cusac"This is where I come to hide," says Sam Hamill as he pulls the car into the grove of fir and cedar surrounding the house and studio he built himself. But he is not hiding. He has...
View ArticleOpen to Attack: Bush Gives In to Chemical Companies, Leaves Nation Vulnerable
Anne-Marie CusacOpen to Attack: Bush Gives In to Chemical Companies, Leaves Nation VulnerableBy Anne-Marie CusacNovember 2003Since September 11, 2001, the nation has been on alert about the...
View ArticleThe Trouble with Tasers
Anne-Marie CusacThe Trouble with TasersBy Anne-Marie CusacMay 2005 IssueHigh-powered tasers are the new fad in law enforcement. They are becoming ever more prevalent even as their safety is...
View ArticleAbu Ghraib, USA
Anne-Marie CusacWhen I first saw the photo, taken at the Abu Ghraib prison, of a hooded and robed figure strung with electrical wiring, I thought of the Sacramento, California, city jail. When I heard...
View ArticleSaul Bellow Reconsidered
Anne-Marie CusacSaul Bellow ReconsideredBy Anne-Marie CusacFrom the June 2005 IssueI had an unfortunate introduction to Saul Bellow. In 1988, as a college senior, I took a contemporary novels course...
View ArticleWatching Torture in Prime Time
Anne-Marie CusacWatching Torture in Prime TimeBy Anne-Marie CusacFrom the August 2005 IssueIn the same week as the one-year anniversary of Abu Ghraib, an episode of the Fox hit show 24 opened with a...
View ArticleYou're in the Hole: A Crackdown on Dissident Prisoners
Anne-Marie CusacIt was September 19, 2001. Elizabeth McAlister had not heard from her husband, Philip Berrigan, in more than a week. Such silence on Berrigan's part was "most unusual," she says.Topics:...
View ArticleHarold Pinter Interview
Anne-Marie CusacHarold Pinter, the Nobel Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter whose absurdist and realistic works displayed a despair and defiance about the human condition, has died. Here's one...
View ArticleToxic Prison Labor
Anne-Marie CusacThey remember dust. Noise, too, but first dust—lodging in their hair, penetrating face oils in a mask. They wore dust, smelled it, tasted it.“It was a dirty job,” says Tina Rosser....
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