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Paid articleLETTERS
LETTERS IQ tests William Ristow's account of "Larry P. versus IQ Tests" (November issue) clearly presents the usual discussion about the "cultural bias" of such tests. This discussion, however,...
Paid articleCOMMENT
COMMENT On the skids Despite much advance fanfare and ballyhoo, President Carter's long-awaited voluntary program to control prices and wages fizzled from the start. Only a few days after Carter's...
Paid articleTHE WORD FROM WASHINGTON
THE WORD FROM WASHINGTON Post-mortem It was a good thing The New York Times got back in business in time to report the election. If it hadn't, the vote might not have been valid. Many of us can...
Paid articleNO COMMENT
NO COMMENT Hold the ketchup Publisher Smith Bagley, describing his new syndicated Sunday newspaper supplement, Today Is Sunday: "We control the quality of the paper the same way McDonald's...
Paid articleTHE CRUMBLING MYTH OF THE 'GOOD' SHAH
Abrahamian, Ervand
The crumbling myth of the 'good' Shah Americans have consistently ignored the facts Ervand Abrahamian Since 1953, when the CIA helped overthrow the constitutionally elected Iranian government of...
Paid articleWINPISINGER MAKES WAVES
Lens, Sidney
Winpisinger makes waves The president of the IAM looks like a 'porkchopper' but talks of socialism Sidney Lens The Wobblies had a word for it: A "porkchopper" was a labor leader who fought for...
Paid articleA NEW POLITICAL BALL GAME
Jacobs, Barry
A new political ball game A half-hearted North Carolina populist loses to a hard-core conservative Barry Jacobs When Jesse Helms was a television commentator in Raleigh, North Carolina, my...
Paid articleON THE 'OBJECTIVE' PRESS
Steif, William
REFLECTIONS On the 'objective' press William Steif Whenever the U.S. press lines up unanimously on a subject, I begin to get suspicious, and never more so than on the subject of the press...
Paid articleTHE WAY WE SAW IT
THE WAY WE SAW IT The following are excerpts from articles and editorials published by The Progressive since its founding on January 9, 1909. They have been edited only to achieve brevity. Unless...
Paid articleURBAN 'RENAISSANCE'
Urban 'renaissance' The reality beneath the glitter Adecade ago you didn't have to dig beneath the surface to know that America's cities — and the country itself — were in trouble. The evidence...
Paid articleTHE EMERGENCE OF GLOBAL CITY U. S. A.
Schurmann, Franz; Close, Sandy
The emergence of Global City U.S.A. New affluence--and a new kind of misery Franz Schurmann and Sandy Close Suddenly, as if the years of burning and looting and the decades of decay and despair...
Paid articleGENTRIFYING' THE GHETTO
BESSER, JAMES DAVID
'Gentrifying' the ghetto The new neighborhoods please everyone except those who are pushed out James David Besser The transformation has been startling. Ten years ago, downtown Alexandria,...
Paid articleTHE SHRINKING MIDDLE CLASS
Cavanaugh, Gerald
The shrinking middle class Economic winds are eroding the self-image of a society of the moderately well-off Gerald Cavanaugh It is clear... that the best form of political society is one where...
Paid articleFAREWELL TO THE SKILLED WORKER
Goodman, Al
Farewell to the skilled worker No need in a chain store for a butcher who can cut like a surgeon Al Goodman Ron Checchi is part of a national dilemma. A thirty-four-year-old butcher at a large...
Paid articleTHE NEW FACE OF POVERTY
Currie, Elliott
The new face of poverty It Is younger; darker, more female— and it is increasingly without hope Elliott Currie In the early 1960s, Michael Harrington shocked the nation with his vivid portrayal...
Paid articleMIRACLE' ON 12TH STREET
Gilman, Andrew
'Miracle' on 125th Street Boot strap salvation for Harlem— is it just another empty promise? Andrew Gilman The sign behind the chain-link fence running along the north side of 125th Street in...
Paid articleTHE BATTLE OF MARQUETTE PARK
Gustaitis, Rasa
The battle of Marquette Park Beneath the veneer of racism and fascism an ethnic community struggles for survival Rasa Gustaitis We got off the bus in front of the long iron fence of the Sisters...
Paid articleBOOKS
Crotty, James R.
BOOKS Lifeline for capitalism James R. Crotty BEYOND BOOM AND CRASH by Robert Heilbroner W.W. Norton. Ill pp. $6.95. Robert Heilbroner opens his latest book with this simple yet startling...
Paid articleINDEX
Section I A Abortion; Measuring Misery, Perspectives, Jan 13; Harmony and Dissonance in Houston, Nora Sayre, Feb 1 3; The Word From Washington, Frank Getlein, Apr 14 Action for Children's...
Paid articleTHE LAST WORD
Knoll, Erwin
THE LAST WORD Vol. I, No. 1 Erwin Knoll Vol. I, No. 1 of The Progressive — it was then called LaFollette's Weekly Magazine — appeared on January 9, 1909. This issue, then, marks our seventieth...
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