The Progressive Magazine: March 2011
Volume 75, Number 3
In This Issue
Editor's Note
No Comment
Letters
Comment The Arab Revolution
On the Line
Columns
Terry Tempest Williams witnesses Wyoming in peril.
Luis J. Rodríguezinspects the backdrop of hatred.
Ruth Conniff sees Democrats in Congress tilting leftward.
Cover
The Truth About Paul Ryan Roger Bybee
You only have to survey his district to see what he will do to the country.
Features
Exploiting the "Handicap Wage" Mike Ervin
How one company used a loophole to pay its disabled workers less than forty-five cents an hour.
Chemical Company Goes After Activist Laura Paskus
It sued an activist—and won.
My Mother Is Suffering Without Health Insurance Angela Garcia
Obama's reform is not kicking in soon enough.
Interview
David Simon Vince Beiser
"We either live or die based on how we live in cities," says the creator of The Wire and Treme.
Culture
Sufi Rock Star Sings for Peace
| Salman Ahmad spreads a message of love and coexistence.
Poem Magdalena Gómez
Kate Clinton salutes a brave member of the Coast Guard.
Dave Zirin explains why the baseball world mourned Tucson.
Books Matthew Rothschild reviews Deadly Spin, by Wendell Potter.
Jim Hightower exposes the fraud of Republican populism.
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CURRENT ISSUE: JUNE 2012
Cecile Richards
| "Millions of women are counting on us for care. And if we're gone, there's no one else there," says the head of Planned Parenthood.
What's at Stake in Wisconsin
Much more than Scott Walker's future hangs in the balance.
The Mother of Midwifery
Eleanor J. Bader | Ina May Gaskin has delivered more than 1,200 babies and revolutionized the field.
Scott Walker, the Monster.
See more at http://www.zinasaunders.com -- On June 5th, the voters of Wisconsin will decide whether to recall Scott Walker, the monster created by an unholy alliance between the radical right and big business, who has made attacking unions the hallmark of his administration. Cover for The Progressive magazine June 2012: http://www.progressive.org
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