cover image IT'S A FREE COUNTRY: 
Personal Freedom in America After September 11

IT'S A FREE COUNTRY: Personal Freedom in America After September 11

, , foreword by Cornel West. . Akashic/RDV, $19.95 (362pp) ISBN 978-0-9719206-0-6

The dozens of contributors to this volume range from journalists and writers (Michael Moore, Michael Isikoff) to members of Congress (Maxine Waters, Jerrold Nadler) to current and former ACLU leaders (Nadine Strossen, Ira Glasser) to cartoonists Matt Groening and David Rees. But perhaps most original here are the personal testimonies of civil rights violations, such as the tale of the Mustafas, a Palestinian-American father and son, both American citizens, detained (the son for 67 days) on the baseless suspicion of having "altered" their passports. (Sept.)