The Progressive Magazine: April 2008

April 2008

Volume 72, Number 4

In This Issue

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.