The article reviews two books about the birth control activist Margaret Sanger including the book "The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger, Vol. I: The Woman Rebel, 1900-1928" edited by Esther Katz and the book "The Selected Papers of Margaret Sanger, Vol. II: Birth Control Comes of Age, 1928-1939" also edited by Esther Katz.
Reviews various books regarding the United States' uses of, and policies, on torture. "Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib," by Seymour Hersh; "The Torture Papers: The Road to Abu Ghraib," edited by Karen J. Greenberg and Joshua L. Dratel; "Torture and Truth: America, Abu Ghraib and the War on Terror," by Mark Danner; "Torture: A Collection," edited by Sanford Levinson; Others.
Reviews two books. "The New Left and the 1960s: Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse, Volume 3," edited by Douglas Kellner; "Adorno: A Political Biography," by Lorenz Jäger.
The article reviews the books "Selected Prose, Daybooks, and Papers," by George Oppen, edited by Stephen Cope and "George Oppen and the Fate of Modernism," by Peter Nicholls.
Reviews various books about "The New York Times" newspaper. "City Room," by Arthur Gelb; "Burning Down My Master's House: My Life at the New York Times," by Jayson Blair; "Backstory: Inside the Business of News," by Ken Auletta; "News Ombudsmen in North America: Assessing an Experiment in Social Responsibility," by Neil Nemeth; Others.