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Vol. 059 Issue 006 (June 1 1995)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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EDITOR'S NOTE
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Rothschild, Matthew
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EDITOR'S NOTE Matthew Rothschild Mary Sheridan Rubin, 1912-1995 Death came to visit us again this month. This time, it claimed Mary Sheridan Rubin, our dear, sweet, tough friend, who devoted...
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HONEST LIVING
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Kroninger, Stephen
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HONEST LIVING · Stephen Kroninger Article II A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms, shall not be...
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LETTERS
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LETTERS to the Editor Come Back, Nat! It was with tremendous dismay that I read of Nat Hentoff's departure (Letters, May issue,) from The Progressive. If Matt Rothschild's "brave urgings" weren't...
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NEEDLEPOINT
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Colescott, Warrington
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NEEDLEPOINT* Warrington Colescott PRAYER IN THE...
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COMMENT
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Comment The Far Right Is Upon Us All editors have a story that got away, the one they wish they'd published in time. So it is with us. The first thing we thought of when we heard about the...
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NO COMMENT
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NO COMMENT Planned Parenthood Republican State Representative Henry Aldridge of North Carolina, defending a bill to eliminate the state abortion fund for poor women from the budget: "The facts...
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OFF THE MAP
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Durst, Will
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OFF THE MAP Will Durst Witness to Terror There's a toad in the Four Corners area of the Southwest, whose skin secretes a poison when it's frightened. So, the deal is, if you attempt to pick up one...
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ON THE LINE
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Lee, Margaret
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ON THE LINE Bringing Choice to Med School New York City The recent decision by the Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education requiring all Ob/Gyn residency programs to offer abortion...
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PUNDIT WATCH
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Douglas, Susan
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PUNDIT WATCH Susan Douglas The Real Barbarians As we ruefully, painfully marked the twentieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the corrupting legacy of that war was driven home by two very...
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CLASS NOTES
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Reed, Adolph Jr.
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CLASS NOTES Adolph Reed Jr. Assault on Affirmative Action Not long ago I rode on the train back from Detroit within earshot of a white, freelance electrician who works for an international...
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JUST INSIDE THE DOOR
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Jordan, June
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JUST INSIDE THE DOOR June Jordan In the Land of White Supremacy Iused to think I was up against racist belief and behavior. But then, about a year ago, I began to focus on white supremacy....
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Militia Nation
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LYONS, CHIP BERLET AND MATTHEW N.
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MILITIA NATION BY CHIP BERLET AND MATTHEW N. LYONS We have been studying the armed militias with a group of more than 100 analysts and reporters for many months. The issue for us was never if...
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Saying It with a Gun
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ROSS, LORETTA J.
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MILITIA NATION SAYING IT WITH A GUN BY LORETTA J. ROSS The bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City was no isolated incident. Extremist rightwing groups around the country have been...
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Leader of the Fringe
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VEST, JASON
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MILITIA NATION LEADER OF THE FRINGE BY JASON VEST Given the general sense of weirdness surrounding the Patriot cadres, perhaps it's not surprising that much of the movement's anti-government...
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Righter Than Thou
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NICHOLS, JOHN
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Th; n Thou BY JOHN NICHOLS Think rightwing talk radio is scary? Try tuning in the Republican Presidential campaign. The Republicans who would be President are spewing vitriol so poisonous that...
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Gloria Steinern
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WINOKUR, L.A.
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW Gloria Steinern BY L.A. WINOKUR Gloria Steinern has been a political and cultural icon since the 1960s when she first came into the public eye as a journalist in New...
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WHAT DO I KNOW!
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Feldman, Michael
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WHAT DO I KNOW! Michael Feldman Mourning Editions Internal Memo: NOT FOR GENERAL RELEASE To: All radio personnel From: Director of Development Re: National Private Radio...
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BOOKS:Exposing Disability Bigotry
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Ervin, Mike
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Exposing Disability Bigotry The Ragged Edge edited by Barrett Shaw The Advocado Press. 235 pp. $18.95. Moving Violations: War Zones, Wheelchairs, and Declarations of Independence by John...
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Our Aging Faust
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McNamara, Robert S.
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Our Aging Faust In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam by Robert S. McNamara (with Brian Van DeMark) Times Books. NY. 414 pp. $27.50. Goethe called his works "one long confession."...
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SMALL FAVORS
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Ivins, Molly
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SMALL FAVORS Molly Ivins Fertilizer of Hate Thank God it was white guys," said one liberal to another shortly after the Oklahoma bombing. And if you'd been listening to talk radio when the...
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