Introduction: Cultural studies after 9/11 / Norman K Denzin and Michael D. Giardina -- The algebra of infinite justice / Arundhati Roy -- Critical pedagogy reloaded : reflections on imperialism and empire / Peter McLaren -- Globalization, terrorism, and democracy : 9/11 and its aftermath / Douglas Kellner -- Neoliberal empire / Jan Nederveen Pieterse -- Cultural studies, the war against kids, and the re-becoming of U.S. modernity / Lawrence Grossberg -- The American people cannot be trusted / Toby Miller -- Critical pedagogy in a time of uncertainty : a call to action / Antonia Darder and Luis F. Mirón -- Bounding American democracy : sport, sex, and race / C.L. Cole -- Bleeding borders : migration from community to campus / Bryant K. Alexander -- Unpacking a double consciousness : the only "negro" in the class / Christopher Dunbar, Jr. -- Representing African cultural studies and the praxis of the African resistance / Keyan G. Tomaselli and Handel Kashope Wright -- Gap this! / Mary E. Weems -- Cultural studies as performative practice / Henry A. Giroux -- The politics of performance pedagogy / Norman K. Denzin -- Negotiating research with communities of practice / Keyan G. Tomaselli -- Apocryphal now redux / Jack Z. Bratich -- Coda: After 9/11 : thinking about the global, thinking about empathy, thinking about the postcolonial / Cameron R. McCarthy