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2003 Stories by Ben Ehrenreich

• Top Ten Bush Administration Outrages

  published December 25, 2003

  1 The War. At last count: 530 coalition soldiers dead, between 8,000 and 10,000 Iraqi civilians killed and many more uncounted Iraqi military... More >>

• Unfair Game

  published November 6, 2003

  In February 2002, Vice President Dick Cheney’s Office sent Joseph C. Wilson IV to Africa to investigate claims that the Iraqi governmen... More >>

• Sí, Se Puede!

  published October 30, 2003

  Photos by J. Emilio Flores The morning fog has not yet burned off, but more than 200 people have already gathered in the Westlake parking lot... More >>

• Overcoming in Texas

  published October 9, 2003

  Editor’s note: The Weekly’s Ben Ehrenreich, covering the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride to Washington, D.C., was on board when t... More >>

• Ban the Sun

  published September 18, 2003

  Nearly a year has passed since the Bush administration began bombing Afghanistan, claiming to be motivated not only by vengeance but by a... More >>

• No Miracles

  published August 28, 2003

  Photo by Wally Santana/AP Last week I met with a U.S. Agency for International Development official in a stifling guardhouse behind the... More >>

• Weapons of Mass Compliance

  published July 10, 2003

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• Happiness Is a Weapon

  published February 27, 2003

  SINCE WINNING THE BOOKER PRIZE IN 1997 for her novel The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy has been a persistent thorn... More >>

• Locke Down

  published February 13, 2003

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• Watching Big Brother

  published January 23, 2003

  “Any and all things you think might be human rights violations, record on this sheet.” The instructions came from Muslim Public Affai... More >>

• Feelings of Insecurity

  published January 2, 2003

  Announcing the expansion of “Radio Freedom” propaganda broadcasts in Iran to a 24-hour schedule, President Bush said Saturday th... More >>