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One Teacher’s Cry: Why I Hate No Child Left Behind
By Susan J. Hobart, August 2008 Issue
Teachers should be rewarded for teaching, not for being Stanley Kaplan tutors.John Cusack Interview
By Jim Swanson, September 2008 Issue
“Something very drastic has happened to the very idea of America,” says the movie star.
Big Oil Song and Dance
By Jim Hightower, August 2008 Issue
There is no free market in the oil industry. Supply is controlled by two intertwined oligopolies: OPEC and Big Oil. Yet, most of our political stalwarts in Washington don’t mention this huge honking market reality. John McCain and Barack Obama, for example, have swallowed Big Oil’s line about supply and demand.The Promise of Municipal Broadband
By Craig Aaron, August 2008 Issue
It’s far too early to start the funeral arrangements for public Wi-Fi systems
Joseph Stiglitz is Right, Thomas Friedman is Wrong 
Palin And The Enduring Christian Right
Palin's pastor praises Jews for Jesus Founder
Good background on Palin from a Wasilla resident
How to Lessen Bin Laden's Support
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Palin not ready for an interview?CLICKS
Beauty pageants, feminism, and Sarah Palin
By Annie Laurie Gaylor, September 4, 2008
Palin, like the rest of the religious right, views government as a tool to inflict religious dogma upon the nation.
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Susan Quinn
My guest this week is Susan Quinn, who has just finished a new and fascinating book on the WPA’s Federal Theater Project of the mid to late 30s entitled Furious Improvisation.MP3 | PODCAST | RSS
The Christian Right’s Staying Power
By Chip Berlet and the Reverend Katherine Hancock Ragsdale, July 2008 issue
On the day after the election, you will not see millions of Christian Right activists raptured off planet Earth.
Stop the workplace raids
By Justin Akers Chacon, September 3, 2008
Sen. Barack Obama, for his part, has rightfully stated that raids are “terrorizing immigrant communities,” and during his convention speech remarked that no one benefits “from an immigrant mother separated from a child.” But more will need to be done to bring an end to this harmful policy.
Judge Sides with Maker of “Bush Lied” T-Shirt
August 22nd, 2008
You’ve probably seen the T-shirt around.
On the front, in huge capital letters, are the words “Bush Lied.” And on the back, also huge, the words, “They Died.”
McCain’s Foreign Policy Product of a Weird Mindset
By Amitabh Pal, September 5, 2008
McCain seems to be still fighting Vietnam, an inner conflict that would definitely shape his foreign policy.
Let us observe the centennial of novelist Richard Wright
August 26th, 2008
Richard Wright would have been 100 years old on Sept. 4. This great black writer not only helped change the face of American fiction, but he also helped pull the curtain down on Jim Crow.
Ani DiFranco
A 2006 interview with feminist folksinger Ani DiFranco. We talked about resurgent patriarchy, and about her album, "Reprieve."MP3 | PODCAST | RSS
Infrequent Flier Smiles
August 21st, 2008
Reducing my carbon footprint in Ptown, and breathing in the fried scallops as I go on my bike.
Mahmoud Darwish: Palestine's Poet of Exile
By Nathalie Handal, May 2002 Issue
He expressed the notion that only poetry can bring harmony to a world devastated by war: "Against barbarity, poetry can resist only by confirming its attachment to human fragility like a blade of grass growing on a wall while armies march by," he has written.
Kimberly Peirce
By Vince Beiser, August 2008 Issue
“I didn’t set out to be a political activist,” says the director of Boys Don’t Cry and Stop-Loss. “I’m just a human being who’s moved by certain things, and if certain things break my heart, I set out to fix them.”
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PARTY POOPER.
In which our intrepid correspondent takes 60 seconds to investigate whether its okay to turn against your party if they know you're just doing it to win. |
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Obama in Terre Haute, IN talking about the economy and McCain trying to pick up the mantra of "change" when his campaign is run by some of the most high powered former lobbyists in Washington. And he's right, they do think Americans are stupid and won't look at who McCain's surrounded himself with. |
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Barack Obama: "They Must Think You're Stupid"
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Campbell Brown's segment No Bias, No Bull on CNN debunking the story the McCain campaign has been telling about Palin's jet sale on e-Bay. Gloria Borger, Bay Buchanan and Paul Begala weigh in, and Buchanan gets a bit defensive when Brown accusses her of repeating campaign talking points, which it sure sounds like she is doing. For anyone that wants to read about what this Sarah Palin is like, read this article: http://www.laprogressive.com/2008/09/05/alaskans-speak-in-a-frightened-whisper-palin-is-%E2%80%9Cracist-sexist-vindictive-and-mean%E2%80%9D/#more-954 |
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Debunking Palin's Jet Sold on eBay Story on CNN
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DAILY DOSE OF DURST Sarah Palin certainly looks more comfortable holding a gun than the current Vice President.
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