The Progressive Magazine: March 2009
Volume 73, Number 3
In This Issue
Comment Nationalize the Banks
Eduardo Galeano denounces Israel's destruction of Gaza.
Dave Zirin watches Gaza bleed into sports arenas.
Ruth Conniff monitors the implosion of conservatism.
Luis J. Rodríguez makes a case for the special role of the arts.
Barbara Ehrenreich traces the rise of the Nouveau Poor.
Toxic Prison Labor Anne-Marie Cusac
Computer recycling facilities behind bars are causing serious health problems.
Feature
Fighting Foreclosures Colin Asher
Activists and homeowners are joining hands in Boston.
Interview
Arundhati Roy David Barsamian
"It might be easier to be an American when there isn't an American empire," says the author and activist.
Culture
Kate Clinton sees good omens in Obama's actions.
Poem Martín Espada
Books Eleanor J. Bader reviews All You Can Eat: How Hungry Is America? by Joel Berg.
Jim Hightower exposes Timothy Geithner's flaws.
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