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August 2008 Volume 72, Number 8
Comment Time to Reboot
Ruth Conniff looks at those elusive feminists who support John McCain.
Matthew Rothschild reveals that Bush now wants your irises.
Dave Zirin gets to the bottom of the Big Brown scandal.
Michael Feldman leaks a personal White House memo.
Eduardo Galeano lauds the rights of nature.
One Teacher’s Cry by Susan J. Hobart Because of No Child Left Behind, I’m not the teacher I used to be.
The Promise of Municipal Broadband by Craig Aaron It’s far too early to start the funeral arrangements for public Wi-Fi systems.
Peonage in New Orleans by Christine Van Dusen Hundreds of guestworkers from India allege fraud and gross mistreatment.
Poem J. R. Solonche
Kimberly Peirce by Vince Beiser “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.”
Will Durst is really not looking forward to the conventions.
Books John Scagliotti reviews The Family, by Jeff Sharlet.
Jim Hightower unmasks the culprits behind high gas prices.
Ruth Conniff looks at those elusive feminists who support John McCain.
Matthew Rothschild reveals that Bush now wants your irises.
Dave Zirin gets to the bottom of the Big Brown scandal.
Michael Feldman leaks a personal White House memo.
Eduardo Galeano lauds the rights of nature.
One Teacher’s Cry by Susan J. Hobart Because of No Child Left Behind, I’m not the teacher I used to be.
The Promise of Municipal Broadband by Craig Aaron It’s far too early to start the funeral arrangements for public Wi-Fi systems.
Peonage in New Orleans by Christine Van Dusen Hundreds of guestworkers from India allege fraud and gross mistreatment.
Poem J. R. Solonche
Kimberly Peirce by Vince Beiser “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.”
Will Durst is really not looking forward to the conventions.
Books John Scagliotti reviews The Family, by Jeff Sharlet.
Jim Hightower unmasks the culprits behind high gas prices.
July 2008 Volume 72, Number 7
Comment Mainstream Media Culpability
Matthew Rothschild finds a professor who was fired for not taking a loyalty oath—in 2007.
Ruth Conniff exposes John McCain’s anti-abortion extremism.
Barbara Ehrenreich detects Hillary Clinton hitting a new low.
Eduardo Galeano watches a parade of lies.
Luis J. Rodríguez argues for a new approach to juvenile crime.
Dave Zirin waves the yellow flag at Danica Patrick.
A Shortage of Democracy, Not Food
by Frances Moore Lappé
A belief system, not scarcity, generates hunger.
The Christian Right’s Staying Power Chip Berlet and the Reverend Katherine Hancock Ragsdale On the day after the election, you will not see millions of Christian Right activists raptured off planet Earth.
Hawks Behind the Dove by Tim Shorrock
There’s more continuity than change in Obama’s foreign policy team.
Haditha Revisited By Maria Garcia.
Scott Ritter byMatthew Rothschild
“We’ve never been at a greater risk of American military action against Iran,” says the former Marine and U.N. weapons inspector.
Poem Ashley Marie Farmer
Kate Clinton tangles with the legacy of her name.
Steve Fraser reviews The Big Con, by Jonathan Chait, and Free Lunch, by David Cay Johnston..
Jim Hightower says bad fences make bad neighbors.
Matthew Rothschild finds a professor who was fired for not taking a loyalty oath—in 2007.
Ruth Conniff exposes John McCain’s anti-abortion extremism.
Barbara Ehrenreich detects Hillary Clinton hitting a new low.
Eduardo Galeano watches a parade of lies.
Luis J. Rodríguez argues for a new approach to juvenile crime.
Dave Zirin waves the yellow flag at Danica Patrick.
A Shortage of Democracy, Not Food
by Frances Moore Lappé
A belief system, not scarcity, generates hunger.The Christian Right’s Staying Power Chip Berlet and the Reverend Katherine Hancock Ragsdale On the day after the election, you will not see millions of Christian Right activists raptured off planet Earth.
Hawks Behind the Dove
by Tim Shorrock
There’s more continuity than change in Obama’s foreign policy team.Haditha Revisited By Maria Garcia.
Scott Ritter
byMatthew Rothschild
“We’ve never been at a greater risk of American military action against Iran,” says the former Marine and U.N. weapons inspector. Poem Ashley Marie Farmer
Kate Clinton tangles with the legacy of her name.
Steve Fraser reviews The Big Con, by Jonathan Chait, and Free Lunch, by David Cay Johnston..
Jim Hightower says bad fences make bad neighbors.
June 2008 Volume 72, Number 6
Comment Torturers in the White House
Ruth Conniff shows how business buys judges.
Barbara Ehrenreich goes trucking with the defiant ones.
Dave Zirin watches Kareem Abdul-Jabbar play D for Obama.
McCain’s Meddlers by Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Meet the Nuclear Power Lobby by Diane Farsetta
“Protest Is Always at the Crux of My Work” by Eleanor J. Bader
Interview Zaha Hadid by Violet Law
Will Durst prepares a long short list of running mates for McCain.
Poem John Colasacco
George Scialabba reviews The Squandering of America: How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our Prosperity, by Robert Kuttner.
Jim Hightower urges Congress to arrest the White House outlaws.
Ruth Conniff shows how business buys judges.
Barbara Ehrenreich goes trucking with the defiant ones.
Dave Zirin watches Kareem Abdul-Jabbar play D for Obama.
McCain’s Meddlers
by Mukoma Wa Ngugi Meet the Nuclear Power Lobby by Diane Farsetta
“Protest Is Always at the Crux of My Work” by Eleanor J. Bader
Interview Zaha Hadid by Violet Law
Will Durst prepares a long short list of running mates for McCain.
Poem John Colasacco
George Scialabba reviews The Squandering of America: How the Failure of Our Politics Undermines Our Prosperity, by Robert Kuttner.
Jim Hightower
urges Congress to arrest the White House outlaws.
May 2008 Volume 72, Number 5
Comment Foreclosed Dreams
Edwidge Danticat supports Obama to stir us out of apathy and
bring ground-breaking change.
Adolph Reed Jr. detects a con artist who tries to be all things
to all people.
Barbara Ehrenreich asks how much longer can we shop till we drop.
Dave Zirin spotlights the conscience of a linebacker.
Ruth Conniff watches Hillary trying to morph into Hugo.
Winning Isn’t Everything by Steve Cobble
Interview Jimmy Carter by Amitabh Pal
Kate Clinton parses the Pope’s new list of mortal sins.
Poem Francesco Levato
Elizabeth DiNovella reviews Free Ride: John McCain and the Media, by David Brock and Paul Waldman.
Jim Hightower tells Bush to get a clue.
Edwidge Danticat
supports Obama to stir us out of apathy and
bring ground-breaking change. Adolph Reed Jr.
detects a con artist who tries to be all things
to all people. Barbara Ehrenreich asks how much longer can we shop till we drop.
Dave Zirin spotlights the conscience of a linebacker.
Ruth Conniff
watches Hillary trying to morph into Hugo. Winning Isn’t Everything by Steve Cobble
Interview Jimmy Carter by Amitabh Pal
Kate Clinton parses the Pope’s new list of mortal sins.
Poem Francesco Levato
Elizabeth DiNovella reviews Free Ride: John McCain and the Media, by David Brock and Paul Waldman.
Jim Hightower tells Bush to get a clue.
April 2008 Volume 72, Number 4
Comment A Faulty Stimulus
Dave Zirin examines the dark heart of the Olympics.
Luis J. Rodríguez argues about politics with his deceased dad.
Ruth Conniff examines the appeal of Obama.
Eduardo Galeano points out history’s paradoxes and misnomers.
Editor’s Note: Don’t Worry About Ralph by Matthew Rothschild.
They Can’t Just Walk All Over Us by Kari Lydersen
Winter Soldiers Sound Off by Dahr Jamail
Interview John Edgar Wideman Violet Law
Will Durst congratulates Republicans for getting what they asked for.
Charlie Haden’s Progressions by Andrea Lewis
Poem by Truth Thomas
Phil Haslanger reviews The Great Awakening, by Jim Wallis, and Souled Out, by E. J. Dionne.
Jim Hightower gives a failing grade to the geniuses who hollowed out our economy.
Dave Zirin examines the dark heart of the Olympics.
Luis J. Rodríguez argues about politics with his deceased dad.
Ruth Conniff examines the appeal of Obama.
Eduardo Galeano
points out history’s paradoxes and misnomers. Editor’s Note: Don’t Worry About Ralph
by Matthew Rothschild. They Can’t Just Walk All Over Us by Kari Lydersen
Winter Soldiers Sound Off
by Dahr Jamail Interview John Edgar Wideman Violet Law
Will Durst congratulates Republicans for getting what they asked for.
Charlie Haden’s Progressions by Andrea Lewis
Poem by Truth Thomas
Phil Haslanger reviews The Great Awakening, by Jim Wallis, and Souled Out, by E. J. Dionne.
Jim Hightower
gives a failing grade to the geniuses who hollowed out our economy.
March 2008 Volume 72, Number 3
Comment Split Decision
Dave Zirin calls out the owners of Major League Baseball.
Howard Zinn demands a sense of proportion at election time.
Gandhi of the West Bank byRobert Hirschfield How a high school teacher rallies Palestinians to the cause of nonviolence.
Through the Corporate Looking Glass byMark Pocan A progressive state legislator goes undercover to see how big business and rightwing think tanks set the agenda.
The FBI Deputizes Business by Matthew Rothschild
Welcome to InfraGard, a secretive group of 23,000 business - people working with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. They are training for emergencies, and may have permission to “shoot to kill.”
Sara Paretsky by Matthew Rothschild
“If I were elected President, the first thing I would do would be to set up a Department of Restoring the Bill of Rights,” says the feminist crime novelist.
Poem by Ira Sadoff
Manu Chao, Globalista by Antonino D’Ambrosio “I just don’t understand why there aren’t thousands protesting outside the White House every day,” says the polyglot musician.
John Scagliotti reviews Gay Travels in the Muslim World, edited by Michael T. Luongo, and Desiring Arabs, by Joseph A. Massad.
Jim Hightower gives a failing grade to the geniuses who hollowed out our economy.
Dave Zirin calls out the owners of Major League Baseball.
Howard Zinn
demands a sense of proportion at election time. Gandhi of the West Bank byRobert Hirschfield How a high school teacher rallies Palestinians to the cause of nonviolence.
Through the Corporate Looking Glass byMark Pocan A progressive state legislator goes undercover to see how big business and rightwing think tanks set the agenda.
The FBI Deputizes Business
by Matthew Rothschild
Welcome to InfraGard, a secretive group of 23,000 business - people working with the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security. They are training for emergencies, and may have permission to “shoot to kill.” Sara Paretsky
by Matthew Rothschild
“If I were elected President, the first thing I would do would be to set up a Department of Restoring the Bill of Rights,” says the feminist crime novelist. Poem by Ira Sadoff
Manu Chao, Globalista by Antonino D’Ambrosio “I just don’t understand why there aren’t thousands protesting outside the White House every day,” says the polyglot musician.
John Scagliotti reviews
Gay Travels in the Muslim World, edited by Michael T. Luongo, and Desiring Arabs, by Joseph A. Massad.Jim Hightower
gives a failing grade to the geniuses who hollowed out our economy.
February 2008 Volume 72, Number 2
Comment The Wrong Side in Pakistan
Barbara Ehrenreich says hell is a gated community.
Luis J. Rodríguez performs an autopsy on education.
Edwidge Danticat warns of the revenge of a stigma.
Ruth Conniff salutes Edwards for focusing on corporate power.
Matthew Rothschild interviews an anti-war activist whose home was rocked.
Undermining Bolivia by Benjamin Dangl
The Bush Administration is using your tax dollars to sabotage Evo Morales.
A Plea for Impeachment Hearings Representatives Tammy Baldwin, Luis Gutiérrez, and Robert Wexler “For an Administration that has consistently skirted the Constitution and asserted that it is above the law, it is imperative for Congress to make clear that we do not accept this dangerous precedent.”
Amy Goodman by Elizabeth DiNovella
“The media acts as a megaphone for those in power,” says the executive producer and host of Democracy Now.
Poem by Tamiko Beyer
Julia Bouwsma reviews The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin’s Theory, by Kenny Fries.
Will Durst samples the undercooked chicken and the lukewarm stump speeches.
Barbara Ehrenreich says hell is a gated community.
Luis J. Rodríguez performs an autopsy on education.
Edwidge Danticat warns of the revenge of a stigma.
Ruth Conniff salutes Edwards for focusing on corporate power.
Matthew Rothschild interviews an anti-war activist whose home was rocked.
Undermining Bolivia
by Benjamin Dangl
The Bush Administration is using your tax dollars to sabotage Evo Morales. A Plea for Impeachment Hearings Representatives Tammy Baldwin, Luis Gutiérrez, and Robert Wexler “For an Administration that has consistently skirted the Constitution and asserted that it is above the law, it is imperative for Congress to make clear that we do not accept this dangerous precedent.”
Amy Goodman
by Elizabeth DiNovella
“The media acts as a megaphone for those in power,” says the executive producer and host of Democracy Now.Poem by Tamiko Beyer
Julia Bouwsma reviews The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin’s Theory, by Kenny Fries.
Will Durst samples the undercooked chicken and the lukewarm stump speeches.
January 2008 Volume 72, Number 1
Comment Dishonest Broker
Barbara Ehrenreich finds child slaves at the Gap.
The Devil’s Fruit by Diane Solomon The strawberries that you get at the supermarket come at a cost to pickers.
Alaska’s Pipe Dream by Krestia DeGeorge Offshore oil and gas exploration threatens the Native way of life in the Arctic.
Discharging Benefits by Aaron Glantz Some soldiers with PTSD would rather be dishonorably discharged and lose benefits than be forced back to Iraq.
Rudy Doesn’t Do Retail by Ruth Conniff
At an Iowa town meeting, Giuliani sounds phony and forced.
Paul Haggis Vince Beiser “You don’t do pictures because the audience is ready for them,” says the multiple Oscar-winning director and screenwriter of Crashand In the Valley of Elah. “You do them because there’s something gnawing at you, something inside.”
Poem by Chard deNiord
Steve Early reviews The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony Mazzocchi, by Les Leopold
Kate Clinton compares Bush to Belichick.
Barbara Ehrenreich finds child slaves at the Gap.
The Devil’s Fruit by Diane Solomon The strawberries that you get at the supermarket come at a cost to pickers.
Alaska’s Pipe Dream by Krestia DeGeorge Offshore oil and gas exploration threatens the Native way of life in the Arctic.
Discharging Benefits by Aaron Glantz Some soldiers with PTSD would rather be dishonorably discharged and lose benefits than be forced back to Iraq.
Rudy Doesn’t Do Retail
by Ruth Conniff
At an Iowa town meeting, Giuliani sounds phony and forced.Paul Haggis Vince Beiser “You don’t do pictures because the audience is ready for them,” says the multiple Oscar-winning director and screenwriter of Crashand In the Valley of Elah. “You do them because there’s something gnawing at you, something inside.”
Poem by Chard deNiord
Steve Early reviews The Man Who Hated Work and Loved Labor: The Life and Times of Tony Mazzocchi, by Les Leopold
Kate Clinton compares Bush to Belichick.
December 2007 Volume 71, Number 12
Comment A New Food System
Barbara Ehrenreich is having a hard time staying awake during this Presidential campaign.
Luis J. Rodríguezdenounces military recruitment in the barrio.
Ruth Conniff follows the Hillary Clinton money trail.
Is Bill Richardson Radioactive? by Laura Paskus
The candidate’s record as governor raises questions.
Less Than Human by Edwidge Danticat “My uncle and many of the others who have died and are dying in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security and I.C.E officials did not violate any immigration laws.”
Poem by Wendell Berry
Will Durst says it’s impossible to be wronger than George W. Bush.
Barbara Ehrenreich is having a hard time staying awake during this Presidential campaign.
Luis J. Rodríguezdenounces military recruitment in the barrio.
Ruth Conniff
follows the Hillary Clinton money trail.Is Bill Richardson Radioactive?
by Laura Paskus
The candidate’s record as governor raises questions.Less Than Human by Edwidge Danticat “My uncle and many of the others who have died and are dying in the custody of the Department of Homeland Security and I.C.E officials did not violate any immigration laws.”
Poem by Wendell Berry
Will Durst says it’s impossible to be wronger than George W. Bush.
November 2007 Volume 71, Number 11
Comment Blackwater’s Black Eye
Barbara Ehrenreich wants to crush the health insurance companies.
Luis J. Rodríguezmakes the case for the healing power of poetry.
Sitting This One Out by Adolph L. Reed Jr.
“I’m not going to acquiesce in the fiction that the Presidential charade has any credibility whatsoever.”
Feminists Reread the Quran by Anjuman Ali Scholars interpret the Muslim holy book from a pro-woman perspective.
Kucinich’s Challenge by John Nichols
If the peace candidate would stop pretending he’ll be the next President, he might push the Democrats in a positive direction.
Dave Eggers by Nina Siegal “There hasn’t been an Administration as disastrous as Bush’s in American history,” says the bestselling author. “I’ve been reading Presidential biographies lately and I haven’t been able to find any worse Administration, nothing comparably bad on so many levels.”
Poem by Judith Hall
Kate Clinton catches ex-officials doing unearned victory laps.
Barbara Ehrenreich wants to crush the health insurance companies.
Luis J. Rodríguezmakes the case for the healing power of poetry.
Sitting This One Out
by Adolph L. Reed Jr.
“I’m not going to acquiesce in the fiction that the Presidential charade has any credibility whatsoever.”Feminists Reread the Quran by Anjuman Ali Scholars interpret the Muslim holy book from a pro-woman perspective.
Kucinich’s Challenge
by John Nichols
If the peace candidate would stop pretending he’ll be the next President, he might push the Democrats in a positive direction.Dave Eggers by Nina Siegal “There hasn’t been an Administration as disastrous as Bush’s in American history,” says the bestselling author. “I’ve been reading Presidential biographies lately and I haven’t been able to find any worse Administration, nothing comparably bad on so many levels.”
Poem by Judith Hall
Kate Clinton catches ex-officials doing unearned victory laps.
August 2007 Volume 71, Number 10
Comment Bush’s Iran War Plans
Barbara Ehrenreich roposes a better way to teach abstinence.
Eduardo Galeano interprets the curse of Columbus Day.
In the Feminist Fast Lane byLaura S. Washington Loretta Ross travels at warp speed to promote a “pro-sex” agenda.
Mandela at Sunset by Andrew Meldrum The living legend is keeping busy in retirement.
Representative Barbara Lee by Andrea Lewis “The longer we stay in Iraq, the worse it’s going to get. We have to remember: We’re digging ourselves deeper in a hole by staying there,” says the California Congresswoman.
Poem by Andrena Zawinski
Will Durst peddles a Republicans Gone Wild DVD.
Bush’s Iran War PlansBarbara Ehrenreich roposes a better way to teach abstinence.
Eduardo Galeano interprets the curse of Columbus Day.
In the Feminist Fast Lane byLaura S. Washington Loretta Ross travels at warp speed to promote a “pro-sex” agenda.
Mandela at Sunset by Andrew Meldrum The living legend is keeping busy in retirement.
Representative Barbara Lee by Andrea Lewis “The longer we stay in Iraq, the worse it’s going to get. We have to remember: We’re digging ourselves deeper in a hole by staying there,” says the California Congresswoman.
Poem by Andrena Zawinski
Will Durst peddles a Republicans Gone Wild DVD.
September 2007 Volume 71, Number 9
Comment Watch Those Executive Orders
Barbara Ehrenreich debunks the received wisdom on cancer.
Matthew Rothschild goes over a White House manual on how to silence protesters.
Ruth Conniff surveys the impeachment landscape.
Separated by Law by Vince Beiser
The new immigration service’s aggressive deportation policy is taking a toll on families.
Junot Diaz by Juleyka Lantigu
“The U.S. that I had imagined was nowhere near as crazy and as incredibly damaging and brutal and indifferent as the U.S. that we’re currently living in,” says the fiction writer.
Poem by Kevin Young
Michael Feldmaneavesdrops on a Bush-Maliki conversation about God.
Barbara Ehrenreich debunks the received wisdom on cancer.
Matthew Rothschild goes over a White House manual on how to silence protesters.
Ruth Conniff surveys the impeachment landscape.
Separated by Law
by Vince Beiser
The new immigration service’s aggressive deportation policy is taking a toll on families.Junot Diaz
by Juleyka Lantigu
“The U.S. that I had imagined was nowhere near as crazy and as incredibly damaging and brutal and indifferent as the U.S. that we’re currently living in,” says the fiction writer.Poem by Kevin Young
Michael Feldmaneavesdrops on a Bush-Maliki conversation about God.
August 2007 Volume 71, Number 8
Comment Cheney’s Fingerprints
Barbara Ehrenreich weighs the bloated overclass.
Matthew Rothschild talks to a poet deemed unworthy.
Bush Reneges on Housing Pledge by Susan Sturgis
To look at what happened to the homesteading initiative is to see writ small the larger dysfunctions that have stymied efforts to rebuild.
Gambling with Biloxi Tim Shorrock
Casinos come first, while residents are left to fight for their homes and neighborhoods.
Rats’ Alley Brian Gilmore
On a visit to New Orleans, you’re never ready to see a neighborhood that is dead and gone.
Elizabeth Edwards by Ruth Conniff
“What makes the other candidates get up in the morning and want to do this?” The wife of John Edwards asks if they have a vision beyond themselves.
Poem by Rachel Hadas
Will Durst calls Cheney a shark with glasses.
Barbara Ehrenreich weighs the bloated overclass.
Matthew Rothschild talks to a poet deemed unworthy.
Bush Reneges on Housing Pledge
by Susan Sturgis
To look at what happened to the homesteading initiative is to see writ small the larger dysfunctions that have stymied efforts to rebuild. Gambling with Biloxi
Tim Shorrock
Casinos come first, while residents are left to fight for their homes and neighborhoods. Rats’ Alley
Brian Gilmore
On a visit to New Orleans, you’re never ready to see a neighborhood that is dead and gone. Elizabeth Edwards
by Ruth Conniff
“What makes the other candidates get up in the morning and want to do this?” The wife of John Edwards asks if they have a vision beyond themselves. Poem by Rachel Hadas
Will Durst calls Cheney a shark with glasses.
May 2007 Volume 71, Number 5
Comment Mortgage Vultures
Ruth Conniff watches Al Gore go one way and Ralph Nader the other.
Matthew Rothschild tracks the case of a Bolivian scholar denied a visa.
Howard Zinn urges us to act like citizens, not politicians.
Labor Offers Business Health Care Cures by Barbara Miner Why Andy Stern and Wal-Mart are joining hands.
Poem by Kathleen Aguero
Manu Chao, Globalista by Antonino D’Ambrosio “I just don’t understand why there aren’t thousands protesting outside the White House every day,” says the polyglot musician.
AIDS Activist Turns South Africa Around Andrew Meldrum How Zackie Achmat changed AIDS policy at the epicenter of the global epidemic.
Barbara Ehrenreich divines the meaning of The Secret.
Mortgage Vultures Ruth Conniff watches Al Gore go one way and Ralph Nader the other.
Matthew Rothschild tracks the case of a Bolivian scholar denied a visa.
Howard Zinn
urges us to act like citizens, not politicians.Labor Offers Business Health Care Cures by Barbara Miner Why Andy Stern and Wal-Mart are joining hands.
Poem by Kathleen Aguero
Manu Chao, Globalista by Antonino D’Ambrosio “I just don’t understand why there aren’t thousands protesting outside the White House every day,” says the polyglot musician.
AIDS Activist Turns South Africa Around Andrew Meldrum How Zackie Achmat changed AIDS policy at the epicenter of the global epidemic.
Barbara Ehrenreich divines the meaning of The Secret.
June 2007 Volume 71, Number 6
Comment Shun Colombia
Barbara Ehrenreich spies Wal-Mart’s surveillance tactics.
Ruth Conniff watches Obama throw away his script and contend with Virginia Tech.
Howard Zinn eulogizes his friend Kurt Vonnegut.
The Army Goes on Spring Break by Kirk Nielsen
Enticing half-naked college kids to look up from their beer guzzling and beanbag tossing and contemplate enlistment.
Maverick Mike Gravel by Joe Lauria
For the former Senator from Alaska, opposing a foolish war is nothing new.
Joschka Fischer by Amitabh Pal Any U.S. military action against Iran “would lead the whole region into a very, very deep and dark hole,” says Germany’s former foreign minister and Green Party leader.
Poem by Dennis Trudell
Barbara Ehrenreich divines the meaning of The Secret.
Barbara Ehrenreich spies Wal-Mart’s surveillance tactics.
Ruth Conniff watches Obama throw away his script and contend with Virginia Tech.
Howard Zinn eulogizes his friend Kurt Vonnegut.
The Army Goes on Spring Break
by Kirk Nielsen
Enticing half-naked college kids to look up from their beer guzzling and beanbag tossing and contemplate enlistment. Maverick Mike Gravel
by Joe Lauria
For the former Senator from Alaska, opposing a foolish war is nothing new.Joschka Fischer by Amitabh Pal Any U.S. military action against Iran “would lead the whole region into a very, very deep and dark hole,” says Germany’s former foreign minister and Green Party leader.
Poem by Dennis Trudell
Barbara Ehrenreich divines the meaning of The Secret.
May 2007 Volume 71, Number 5
Comment Mortgage Vultures
Ruth Conniff watches Al Gore go one way and Ralph Nader the other.
Matthew Rothschild tracks the case of a Bolivian scholar denied a visa.
Howard Zinn urges us to act like citizens, not politicians.
Labor Offers Business Health Care Cures by Barbara Miner Why Andy Stern and Wal-Mart are joining hands.
Poem by Kathleen Aguero
Manu Chao, Globalista by Antonino D’Ambrosio “I just don’t understand why there aren’t thousands protesting outside the White House every day,” says the polyglot musician.
AIDS Activist Turns South Africa Around Andrew Meldrum How Zackie Achmat changed AIDS policy at the epicenter of the global epidemic.
Barbara Ehrenreich divines the meaning of The Secret.
Mortgage Vultures Ruth Conniff watches Al Gore go one way and Ralph Nader the other.
Matthew Rothschild tracks the case of a Bolivian scholar denied a visa.
Howard Zinn
urges us to act like citizens, not politicians.Labor Offers Business Health Care Cures by Barbara Miner Why Andy Stern and Wal-Mart are joining hands.
Poem by Kathleen Aguero
Manu Chao, Globalista by Antonino D’Ambrosio “I just don’t understand why there aren’t thousands protesting outside the White House every day,” says the polyglot musician.
AIDS Activist Turns South Africa Around Andrew Meldrum How Zackie Achmat changed AIDS policy at the epicenter of the global epidemic.
Barbara Ehrenreich divines the meaning of The Secret.
April 2007 Volume 71, Number 4
Comment Iran in the Cross Hairs
Why Hillary Is Not the One by Cindy Sheehan I will only support a candidate who is courageously and uncompromisingly committed to peace.
Ruth Conniff watches Al Franken transition to pol.
Luis J. Rodríguez issues a call for black-brown unity.
Why Hillary Is Not the One by Cindy Sheehan I will only support a candidate who is courageously and uncompromisingly committed to peace.
Is Obama One of Us? by Salim Muwakkil He’s a progressive in the context of Washington. It’s up to us to widen that context.
China Joins the Battle for Space by Frida Berrigan Its test only emboldened the hardcore advocates of missile defense in the United States.
“The People Are Sovereign” by Senator Russ Feingold “If and when Congress acts on the will of the American people by ending our involvement in the Iraq War, Congress will be performing the role assigned it by the Founding Fathers.”
Lewis Black by Antonino D’Ambrosio
“Every day these guys do something more outrageous. I just start yelling about this stuff, and there is my act,” says the comedian.
Poem by Matthew Murrey
Manu Chao, Globalista by Antonino D’Ambrosio “I just don’t understand why there aren’t thousands protesting outside the White House every day,” says the polyglot musician.
Will Durst overs Presidential spring training.
Why Hillary Is Not the One by Cindy Sheehan I will only support a candidate who is courageously and uncompromisingly committed to peace.
Ruth Conniff watches Al Franken transition to pol.
Luis J. Rodríguez issues a call for black-brown unity.
Why Hillary Is Not the One by Cindy Sheehan I will only support a candidate who is courageously and uncompromisingly committed to peace.
Is Obama One of Us? by Salim Muwakkil He’s a progressive in the context of Washington. It’s up to us to widen that context.
China Joins the Battle for Space by Frida Berrigan Its test only emboldened the hardcore advocates of missile defense in the United States.
“The People Are Sovereign” by Senator Russ Feingold “If and when Congress acts on the will of the American people by ending our involvement in the Iraq War, Congress will be performing the role assigned it by the Founding Fathers.”
Lewis Black
by Antonino D’Ambrosio
“Every day these guys do something more outrageous. I just start yelling about this stuff, and there is my act,” says the comedian.Poem by Matthew Murrey
Manu Chao, Globalista by Antonino D’Ambrosio “I just don’t understand why there aren’t thousands protesting outside the White House every day,” says the polyglot musician.
Will Durst overs Presidential spring training.
March 2007 Volume 71, Number 3
Comment Molly Ivins in Her Own Words
Matthew Rothschild investigates a case of preventive detention.
Barbara Ehrenreich weighs in on the etiquette of big tipping.
Held Without Trial in the USA by A. C. Thompson
Why a national grassroots campaign is needed to impeach Bush and Cheney.
Broken by This War by Stacy Bannerman
“Almost 60,000 military marriages have been broken by the war.
Gene Sharp by Gene Sharp “Dictators don’t like us,” says the leading advocate of nonviolent action.
Poem by Adrienne Rich
Manu Chao, Globalista by Antonino D’Ambrosio “I just don’t understand why there aren’t thousands protesting outside the White House every day,” says the polyglot musician.
Kate Clinton examines the body politic.
Molly Ivins said it’s time to raise hell.
Matthew Rothschild investigates a case of preventive detention.
Barbara Ehrenreich weighs in on the etiquette of big tipping.
Held Without Trial in the USA
by A. C. Thompson
Why a national grassroots campaign is needed to impeach Bush and Cheney. Broken by This War
by Stacy Bannerman
“Almost 60,000 military marriages have been broken by the war.Gene Sharp by Gene Sharp “Dictators don’t like us,” says the leading advocate of nonviolent action.
Poem by Adrienne Rich
Manu Chao, Globalista by Antonino D’Ambrosio “I just don’t understand why there aren’t thousands protesting outside the White House every day,” says the polyglot musician.
Kate Clinton examines the body politic.
Molly Ivins said it’s time to raise hell.
February 2007 Volume 71, Number 2
Comment Bush’s Undemocratic Escalation
Barbara Ehrenreich cheers Borat and deplores routine American anti-Semitism.
Luis J. Rodríguez welcomes back Daniel Ortega.
Impeachment by the People by Howard Zinn
Why a national grassroots campaign is needed to impeach Bush and Cheney.
Graduating to Prison: Native Americans Sue School District by Mary Annette Pember About 30 percent of elementary students in Winner, South Dakota, are Native American. Only 1 percent finishes high school.
Iraq Disintegrates by David Enders “Three people passed by me and shot another man in the head and walked away. It’s just normal.”
Linton Kwesi Johnson by Elizabeth DiNovella
“People know me as a reggae artist; they don’t know me as a poet,” says the British performer. “But I began with the word.”
Poem by Frederick Foote
Mark Cuban is a political work-in-progress.
Molly Ivins hails some Bill of Rights heroes.
Barbara Ehrenreich cheers Borat and deplores routine American anti-Semitism.
Luis J. Rodríguez welcomes back Daniel Ortega.
Impeachment by the People
by Howard Zinn
Why a national grassroots campaign is needed to impeach Bush and Cheney. Graduating to Prison: Native Americans Sue School District by Mary Annette Pember About 30 percent of elementary students in Winner, South Dakota, are Native American. Only 1 percent finishes high school.
Iraq Disintegrates by David Enders “Three people passed by me and shot another man in the head and walked away. It’s just normal.”
Linton Kwesi Johnson
by Elizabeth DiNovella
“People know me as a reggae artist; they don’t know me as a poet,” says the British performer. “But I began with the word.” Poem by Frederick Foote
Mark Cuban is a political work-in-progress.
Molly Ivins hails some Bill of Rights heroes.
January 2007 Volume 71, Number 1
Comment Our Sinful Economy
Barbara Ehrenreich detects the can’t-do spirit of the Dems.
A Peculiar Version of Friendly Fire: Female Troops Face Double Danger by Traci Hukill
Sexual harassment and assault are endemic in the military.
Homecoming Nightmares Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg For many veterans of the Iraq War, everyday noises, sights, and smells are deadly threats.
A School in Coal’s Shadow by Kari Lydersen Massey Energy operates right above a West Virginia elementary school, where the kids are already getting sick.
Blanket Immunity: Bush Twists Arms to Evade Court by Amitabh Pal The Bush Administration’s campaign to get exempted from the International Criminal Court has run into some resistance.
Frank Rich by Paul VanDeCarr “Even before 9/11, we saw signs of a Presidency that was inclined to fictionalize almost everything,” says the New York Times columnist.
Poem by Minnie Bruce Pratt
The Mavericks’ Maverick by Dave Zirin Mark Cuban is a political work-in-progress.
Molly Ivins thanks conservatives for all the fun they’ve provided since Election Day.
Barbara Ehrenreich detects the can’t-do spirit of the Dems.
A Peculiar Version of Friendly Fire: Female Troops Face Double Danger
by Traci Hukill
Sexual harassment and assault are endemic in the military. Homecoming Nightmares Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg For many veterans of the Iraq War, everyday noises, sights, and smells are deadly threats.
A School in Coal’s Shadow by Kari Lydersen Massey Energy operates right above a West Virginia elementary school, where the kids are already getting sick.
Blanket Immunity: Bush Twists Arms to Evade Court by Amitabh Pal The Bush Administration’s campaign to get exempted from the International Criminal Court has run into some resistance.
Frank Rich by Paul VanDeCarr “Even before 9/11, we saw signs of a Presidency that was inclined to fictionalize almost everything,” says the New York Times columnist.
Poem by Minnie Bruce Pratt
The Mavericks’ Maverick by Dave Zirin Mark Cuban is a political work-in-progress.
Molly Ivins thanks conservatives for all the fun they’ve provided since Election Day.
January 2006 Volume 70, Number 1
Comment Plan for Quagmire
Barbara Ehrenreich ponders the greed of oil company executives.
Nat Hentoff witnesses an attack on the people’s right to know.
Howard Zinn says it’s time to end not just this war but all war.
Ruth Conniff smells political change in the air.
Next Target: Birth Control Barbara Miner Abortion hardliners move against “the contraceptive mentality.”
Persecution in Haiti Judith Scherr Even the U.N. contingent has been implicated in the repression.
The Dalai Lama Amitabh Pal
“Once the day of our return comes, I will go into complete retirement,” says the Tibetan leader. “There will be no political role for the Dalai Lama.”
Poem by Mario Susko
The Mavericks’ Maverick by Dave Zirin Mark Cuban is a political work-in-progress.
Kate Clinton commemorates the “Year of MoreThan Just One Woman.”
Molly Ivins is bored with Bush.
Plan for Quagmire Barbara Ehrenreich ponders the greed of oil company executives.
Nat Hentoff witnesses an attack on the people’s right to know.
Howard Zinn
says it’s time to end not just this war but all war.Ruth Conniff
smells political change in the air. Next Target: Birth Control Barbara Miner Abortion hardliners move against “the contraceptive mentality.”
Persecution in Haiti Judith Scherr Even the U.N. contingent has been implicated in the repression.
The Dalai Lama
Amitabh Pal
“Once the day of our return comes, I will go into complete retirement,” says the Tibetan leader. “There will be no political role for the Dalai Lama.”
Poem by Mario Susko The Mavericks’ Maverick by Dave Zirin Mark Cuban is a political work-in-progress.
Kate Clinton commemorates the “Year of MoreThan Just One Woman.”
Molly Ivins is bored with Bush.
February 2006 Volume 70, Number 2
Comment King George
Barbara Ehrenreich warns that Bush isn’t the only snoop.
Eduardo Galeano offers fables for the twenty-first century.
Ruth Conniff surveys the grounds for impeachment.
Beyond Iraq’s Elections David Enders Many Iraqi voters cast their ballots to boot out the Americans.
Fear Rules Fish and Wildlife Service Tim Vanderpool The scientific integrity of the nation’s top wildlife agency is at stake.
A New Weavers’ Song Ronnie Gilbert
Poem by Devorah Major
Molly Ivins reads the rule of law to the Testy Kid.
Barbara Ehrenreich
warns that Bush isn’t the only snoop. Eduardo Galeano
offers fables for the twenty-first century. Ruth Conniff
surveys the grounds for impeachment. Beyond Iraq’s Elections David Enders Many Iraqi voters cast their ballots to boot out the Americans.
Fear Rules Fish and Wildlife Service Tim Vanderpool The scientific integrity of the nation’s top wildlife agency is at stake.
A New Weavers’ Song
Ronnie Gilbert
Poem by Devorah Major Molly Ivins reads the rule of law to the Testy Kid.
March 2008 Volume 70, Number 1
Comment Audacity and Mendacity
Barbara Ehrenreich asks who the real home wreckers are.
Ruth Conniff cheers on a groundswell of activity in the states.
Matthew Rothschild feels a chill in the classroom.
Eduardo Galeano welcomes Evo back to Paradise.
A Recruiter’s Son Matthew Pascarella My mother is one of the top recruiters in the Army. My friend is about to cross the border into Iraq.
From Torture Victim to President by Alfonso Daniels Meet Michelle Bachelet, the new Socialist president of Chile, and the first woman to head that country.
Prison Outbreak Kai Wright Thousands of prisoners with hepatitis C are being doubly punished by a corrections system that is refusing to treat them.
Cindy Sheehan David Barsamian
"If every peace person just stops one kid from joining the military, that’s one potential American life saved," says the activist.
Poem by Robert Nazarene
Molly Ivins has had it with Hillary.
Audacity and Mendacity Barbara Ehrenreich asks who the real home wreckers are.
Ruth Conniff
cheers on a groundswell of activity in the states. Matthew Rothschild feels a chill in the classroom.
Eduardo Galeano
welcomes Evo back to Paradise.A Recruiter’s Son Matthew Pascarella My mother is one of the top recruiters in the Army. My friend is about to cross the border into Iraq.
From Torture Victim to President by Alfonso Daniels Meet Michelle Bachelet, the new Socialist president of Chile, and the first woman to head that country.
Prison Outbreak Kai Wright Thousands of prisoners with hepatitis C are being doubly punished by a corrections system that is refusing to treat them.
Cindy Sheehan
David Barsamian
"If every peace person just stops one kid from joining the military, that’s one potential American life saved," says the activist. Poem by Robert Nazarene
Molly Ivins
has had it with Hillary.
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