A collection (published 2002) of analyses about the impact on California of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Topics include the impact on the economy, tourism, the airline industry, insurance availability, disaster and wartime preparedness, biological weapons, and the psychological effects of terrorism.

This resource has definitions of "people, places, agencies, technology, jargon and clichés used in the aftermath of the [September 11, 2001, terrorist] attack on the United States." Topics include terrorism, war, geopolitics, religion, homeland security, and disaster recovery. Also find alternative spellings of some Arabic and other …

This site compares and contrasts two very similar projects separated by 60 years: audio interviews with "ordinary Americans," made in the days immediately following the attack on Pearl Harbor and the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Find interviews and transcripts, and discussions with "prominent, thoughtful Americans who’ve li …

Explores the "patriotic conspiracy" of July 1942, when nearly five hundred "magazines nationwide featured the American flag on their covers." Includes background information on the campaign and the slogan "united we stand"; searchable and browsable images of covers; a timeline; related information on the Treasury Depar …

Text of a speech given by journalist Bill Moyers at a Society of Professional Journalists conference on September 11, 2004. "Part biography, part reprimand, part love letter to the promise of his profession–this speech … will be referred to for years to come by those who are worried about the state of journalism." From TomPaine.com, a …

An exhibit "concerning arts of the Mourides, a mystical Muslim movement originating in Senegal, West Africa." Contains artworks, photographs, and images of writings; and information on Sheikh Amadu Bamba and his teachings, the Mouride work ethic, Sheikh Ibra Fall, women, and the pilgrimage to Touba. Also includes portraits of featured art …

USA Today’s two-part series on the decision to clear the U.S. skies of all civilian aircraft after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. It outlines how the decision was made and how the resulting order was carried out. There are also links to related USA Today articles.

Provides brief background information about the "historical, patriotic, and non-political organization dedicated to insuring that a true history of the 1861-1865 period is preserved." Discusses qualifications for membership, programs and services, and policies. From the official site for the international headquarters of the organization.

Heritage Preservation’s "comprehensive study of what was lost — both in Lower Manhattan and at the Pentagon" on September 11, 2001, presents "findings obtained from a survey … of 122 museums, libraries, archives and other collecting institutions in Lower Manhattan" and suggests improvements to such institutions’ emergency man …

Provides an overview of the status of religious freedom in Saudi Arabia, where "Islam is the official religion, and the law requires that all citizens be Muslims." Discusses societal attitudes, restrictions on religious freedom, Mutawwa’in (religious police), abuses by the government, and U.S. government policy. From the U.S. Department o …

Report on U.S. companies that received U.S. government contracts in Afghanistan and Iraq. The findings come from "the three agencies that awarded most of the Iraq and Afghanistan contracts in 2002 and 2003 — the Pentagon, the State Department and the U.S. Agency for International Development." Browse statistics on contractors by coun …

Selected links to news stories, articles, documents, and analyses. Compiled by the Project on Defense Alternatives, a program of the Commonwealth Institute, a nonprofit public policy research organization located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Living mainly in central and northern Afghanistan, the Hazara are an ethnic group persecuted under the Taliban regime. Information and link topics include Hazaristan’s history, political situation, the massacre of thousands of Hazaras by the Taliban in Mazar-e Sharif in August 1998, maps, and picture galleries of Hazara people and places.

News and analysis about Canadian soldiers killed in Afghanistan in April 2003 in an alleged American "friendly fire" situation. (Friendly fire is the "casualty circumstance applicable to persons killed in action or wounded in action mistakenly or accidentally by friendly forces actively engaged with the enemy.") Also includes in …

Feature on the plans of artist Hiro Yamagata to recreate, with multicolored laser images, the Bamiyan Buddhas, "1,600-year-old statues, which stood on the Silk Road in the Bamiyan Valley … [of Afghanistan until they were] destroyed by the Taleban in 2001." Includes a video clip and links to related news stories about the Bamiyan Buddhas …

Annotated links to government documents and related information about Afghanistan, including constitutions, executive branch, courts, laws, legal guides, and country studies and general resources. From the Law Library of Congress.

Collection of maps of the country and of individual cities (Herat and Kabul), detailed maps of specific regions, thematic maps (such as ethnolinguistic groups and population), and historical maps. Also provides numerous links to maps on other sites. From the Perry Castañeda Map Collection at the University of Texas at Austin.

The Institute for Afghan Studies provides the full text of this fall 2000 report. “In this brief introduction, we will try to answer who the Taliban are by discussing the historical context of their rise. Second, we will discuss their goals, policies, and practices.”

A collection of briefly annotated links. Topics include general information, rebuilding Afghanistan, political parties and groups, government statements, voices of peace, research and analysis, effects of the U.S. war, human rights, al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden, Taliban, Afghans in diaspora, and news sources and online journals. From the South/Sout …

Reports on topics such as opium poppy production (annual back to 2000), a farmers’ intentions survey, and an assessment of drug use in Kabul. Also includes links to a fact sheet about drugs and crime in Afghanistan and to related information. From the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).