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December 2008 Volume 72, December 12
Comment The Meaning of Obama’s Victory
Dave Zirin finds Henry Paulson and son seeking a minor league bailout.
Ruth Conniff curbs her cynicism.
Fred McKissack Jr. cautions that we’re not yet living in post-racial America.
Eduardo Galeano lists his hopes and fears about an Obama Administration
Luis J. Rodriguez takes us for a walk down his spiritual path.
Organizing the Fields Kirk Nielsen
How the Coalition of Immokalee Workers beat Taco Bell, McDonald’s, Burger King, and Whole Foods.
Richard Price, American Realist Antonino D’Ambrosio
The novelist who wrote Clockers and worked on The Wire has a knack for the small stuff.
Poem Eliot Khalil Wilson
Will Durst already handicaps the 2012 field.
Interview
Maude Barlow David Barsamian
“Half the hospital beds in the world are filled with people who would not be there if they could afford water,” says the H2O crusader.
Favorite Books of 2008. As chosen by Kate Clinton, Ruth Conniff, Anne-Marie Cusac, Edwidge Danticat, Elizabeth DiNovella, Will Durst, Jim Hightower, Andrea Lewis, John Nichols, Amitabh Pal, Adolph Reed Jr., Luis J. Rodríguez, Matthew Rothschild, and Dave Zirin.
Jim Hightower urges us to buck up Obama.
November 2008 Volume 72, Number 11
Comment Wall Street Socialism
Dave Zirin laments what the new Yankee stadium represents.
A Matter of Interpretation Erik Camayd-Freixas
As an interpreter in Iowa, I witnessed a huge miscarriage of justice.
Sexual Cleansing in Iraq Kari Lydersen Gays and lesbians are being targeted on a regular basis.
Borderline Discrimination Tim Vanderpool The double standard in the building of the U.S.-Mexico border fence is breathtaking.
Michael Pollan Marc Eisen
“You decide every day what you’re going to put in your body—and what you refuse to put in your body,” explains the food expert. “That’s politics at its most basic.”
Poem Truth Thomas
Kate Clinton marvels at Ellen DeGeneres, CoverGirl.
Seattle via Hollywood Michael Atkinson A new feature film about the 1999 WTO protests delivers.
Books Johann Hari reviews The Post-American World, by Fareed Zakaria.
Jim Hightower has more trust in a coyote than in Henry Paulson.
October 2008 Volume 72, Number 10
Comment Racism and the Race
Dave Zirin finds sports owners in McCain’s box.
Barbara Ehrenreich urges debt resistance.
Howard Zinn leans toward Obama despite his views on Afghanistan.
The Newest Scam to Steal Your Vote Lloyd Dangle and Greg Palast.
Obama’s Task Ruth Conniff He still has to win over reluctant white voters. Plus, a snapshot of a Nader rally.
Maverick 2.0 Elizabeth DiNovella Sarah Palin electrified the GOP delegates, while police rounded up protesters.
The McKinney Choice Kevin Alexander Gray The Green Party ticket defines what its “win” would look like.
The Mahdi Army Bides Its Time David Enders Muqtada al-Sadr and his militia lay low—for now.
Keith Ellison Amitabh Pal “Islam is wildly diverse,” says the first Muslim American Congressman. “I’m at the progressive end.”
Poem Mahmoud Darwish Will Durst chronicles two bad days on the campaign trail.
Out of Your Comfort Zone Matt Pascarella An Iraqi American artist is intentionally provocative with his art.
Books Ezra Klein reviews The Obama Nation: Leftist Politics and the Cult of Personality, by Jerome R. Corsi.
Jim Hightower spotlights some of the people around Obama.
Jim Hightower says the South Koreans have a legitimate beef.
September 2008 Volume 72, Number 9
Comment Global Warming Challenge
Ruth Conniff measures the ground women are losing at work.
Barbara Ehrenreich proposes a novel solution to the energy crisis.
Luis J. Rodríguez detects a dramatic rise in anti-immigrant sentiment.
Eduardo Galeano lauds the rights of nature.
Matthew Rothschildreveals massive snooping by Maryland cops.
Iraq’s Forgotten Refugees by Elizabeth DiNovella
Visiting a few of the million-plus Iraqis who have been uprooted to Jordan and Syria.
“It’s Too Late for Me” by Laurel Maury
It’s far too early to start the funeral arrangements for public
Wi-Fi systems.
Filming Katrina by Michael Tisserand
A new documentary showcases the resilience of the residents of New Orleans.
John Cusack by Jim Swanson
“Something very drastic has happened to the very idea of America,” says the movie star.
Poem Maxine Kumin
Kate Clinton comes up with some new ideas for Nintendo’s best-selling console.
Paul Buhle reviews Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in
Organized Labor and a New Path Toward Social Justice, by Bill Fletcher Jr. and Fernando Gapasin.
Jim Hightower says the South Koreans have a legitimate beef.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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