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2007 ESSAY CONTEST
for Young Women and Men of North America
Published  by the:
American Humanist Association
January/February 2006 Humanist Cover

Cover Story

Torture By Proxy

The Extraordinary Cruelty of "Extraordinary Rendition"
by Donals Gutierrez
The policy of "rendering" terror suspects abroad, handing them over to foreign governments to be secretly tortured, is ineffective and illegal.(Read Article in PDF)

Everything but the Truth: Allegations of Abuse and Torture at Guantanamo Bay
by Maggie Ardiente
Despite denying human rights abuses, the White House still seeks CIA exemption from a torture ban-and the truth about Gitmo remains elusive. (Read Article in PDF)



Features

Lost Perspectives in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
by Alon Ben-Meir  
Misconstrued perceptions of each other's positions have led Israelis and Palestinians to draw incompatible conclusions about the conditions they face.
 
The Victims and the Furies in American Courts
by Michael Cohen  
The death penalty and victim testimony at sentencing hearings takes victim's rights so far as to undermine the very basis of objective justice.
 
The African AIDS Crisis and International Indifference
by Mpho Selemogo  
What are the ethical responsibilities of the rich to address the needs of the poor? Africa's AIDS calamity offers a clear illustration.
 
Creative Controversy
Beyond the Alito Battle:
Creating Democratic Change
by David Niose  
Social change doesn't have to come through the courts. In fact, very often it shouldn't.(Read Article in HTML)
 
Departments

Letters to the Editor

The Issue At Hand
by Fred Edwords

UP FRONT:
Who Killed Pat Tillman?
by Michael I. Niman
(Read Article in HTML)

Minimum Security
by Stephanie McMillan

Media Beat
Bush's Implicit Answer to Cindy Sheehan's Question
by Norman Solomon
(Read Article in HTML)

Watch on the Left
The Emergence of the Religious Left: An Opportunity for Religious Liberals and Humanists to Unite
by Jeff Nall
(Read Article in HTML)

Church & State
Designed for Controversy:
the Religious Right's New Creationism
by Rob Boston

Family Values
Death in Perspective
by Joyce Arthur

Humanism and the Arts
Art as Truth
by Carol Wintermute

Reviews


Worth Noting
by Karen Ann Gajewski

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