The Progressive Magazine: July 2011
Volume 75, Number 7
In This Issue
Editor's Note
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Letters
Comment Netanyahu's No
On the Line
Columns
Terry Tempest Williams communes with gorillas in Rwanda.
Ruth Conniff talks to two women who needed abortions.
Cover
The Wisconsin Model
| Activists in other states need to reconnect with their own rich histories.
Feature
New Driver for the Teamsters Steve Early
A progressive woman aims to get behind the wheel.
1st Person Singular
My Guantánamo Client Pardiss Kebriaei
Muhammed was slouched in his chair, eyes downcast, when we walked into the makeshift cabin at Camp Echo for our meeting.
The Pentagon Goes to College Stephen Glain
It's quickly becoming the nation's most powerful benefactor of social science research.
Interview
Joe Sacco Liz Crain
"Americans really think that they're hot shit when it comes to journalism, but all those years of so-called objective journalism have really obscured the reality," says the comic book writer.
Culture
Poem Juan Felipe Herrera.
Kate Clintont wonders where that 10 percent figure came from.
Dave Zirin asks the NBA to do much more to combat homophobia.
Books Amitabh Pal reviews The Deaths of Others: The Fate of Civilians in America's Wars, by John Tirman.
Jim Hightower wonders about the definition of shared sacrifice.
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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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