The Progressive Magazine: February 2010

February 2010

Volume 74, Number 2

In This Issue

Editor's Note

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Letters

Comment Beware Anti-Muslim Hysteria

On the Line

Columns


Barbara Ehrenreich dissects the cancer-industrial complex.


Terry Tempest Williams sets the table for six.


Ruth Conniff grades Obama’s visit to a school.


Michael Feldman gets his hands on a secret Republican health care memo.


Mikhail Gorbachev says capitalism needs its own Perestroika.


Cover


Taking Tea Partiers Seriously Chip Berlet

Calling them stupid and crazy gets us nowhere.


Features



Bibi and the Settlers Reese Erlich

Netanyahu is actually on their side.


Beyond the Green Niche Jason Mark

Why aren’t more people buying green?


Interview


Amy Ray Andrea Lewis

“Just pick one little thing and do it, and know that it affects everything,” says the Indigo Girls singer.


Poem Jon Andersen


Culture


A Voice from Senegal: Youssou N’Dour Matt Pascarella

The popular singer harnesses the transformative power of music.


Will Durst gives Obama a first quarter report card.


Dave Zirin salutes Andrea Lewis.


Books


Jeff Chang reviews 1989: Bob Dylan Didn’t Have This to Sing About, by Joshua Clover.


Jim Hightower lists six things you can do.

















































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