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Stories from 2002-06-17

Isn't Democracy Worth It?

Bob Herbert | New York Times | June 17, 2002

"Mr. Padilla, an American citizen, has been sucked into a procedural black hole in which he no longer has any legal rights. If left unchecked, this contempt for the law and due process could pose more of a threat to our way of life than Al Qaeda." [more]

Restoring the Imperial Presidency

Bruce Shapiro | Salon | June 17, 2002

"The Bush administration rivals the Nixon White House when it comes to secrecy and unchecked power, with John Ashcroft as our modern-day John Mitchell." [more]

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This website is a tribute to Why War?, one of the nation's first and most innovative post-9/11 student antiwar organizations. Born on October 22, 2001 at Swarthmore College, we were a handful of freshmen and sophmores who vocally opposed the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. And now, seven years later, we are retiring this website as we focus our efforts on new directions. We hope that it continues to serve future activists and we remain confident that humanity is on the verge birthing a better world.