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IssueVol. 070 Issue 003 (March 1 2006)
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Paid articleCindy Sheehan Shines
Rothschild, Matthew
Editor's Note Matthew Rothschild Cindy Sheehan Shines We're delighted this month to have an interview with Cindy Sheehan, who more than anyone else in this country has galvanized the peace...
Paid articleLetters to the Editor
Letters to the Editor Deceptive Strategy The article "Plan for Quagmire" mentions the Pentagon's "National Strategy for Victory in Iraq," which, to put it mildly, is far-fetched (Comment, January...
Paid articleAudacity and Mendacity
Comment Audacity and Mendacity The audacity and mendacity of the Bush Administration mount by the day This Presidency has become an increasing menace to our constitutional system. Days after the...
Paid articleNo Comment
No Comment Do As I Say In January, Senator Edward Kennedy finally cut his ties with a college social group that bars women. Kennedy had criticized Judge Samuel Alito's past membership in the...
Paid articleHope Is in the States
Conniff, Ruth
Political Eye Ruth Conniff Hope Is in the States Discouraging as national politics seems at the moment, there is a groundswell of activity at the state level that ought to give progressives some...
Paid articleCorporate Home Wreckers
Ehrenreich, Barbara
Flip Side Barbara Ehrenreich Corporate Home Wreckers I was in the Atlanta airport recently, cruising a bookstore, when this catchy title leaped out at me: Women Who Make the World Worse: and How...
Paid articleA Chill in the Classroom
Rothschild, Matthew
McCarthyism Watch Matthew Rothschild A Chill in the Classroom Deb Mayer was a teacher of fourth, fifth, and sixth graders at Clear Creek Elementary School in Bloomington, Indiana, during the...
Paid articleEvo in Paradise
Galeano, Eduardo
The Upside-Down World Eduardo Galeano Evo in Paradise On January 22, 2002, Evo was expelled from Paradise. Or rather: Deputy Morales was thrown out of Parliament. On January 22, 2006, in the...
Paid articleOn the Line
On the Line No to Guantánamo Guantánamo Bay, Cuba On December 6, twenty-five U.S. Christians set out on a fifty-mile walk from Santiago, Cuba, toward the U.S. detention facilities at Guantánamo...
Paid articleA Recruiter's Son
Pascarella, Matthew
By Matthew Pascarella Illustration by Jacqui Oakley A Recruiter's Son AS I SCANNED THE BACKYARD AND SAW MY friends talking, I remembered the drive out the day before. On Route 80, the cars came...
Paid articleFrom Torture Victim to President
Daniels, Alfonso
By Alfonso Daniels Illustration by Monica Hellström From Torture Victim to President Meet Michelle Bachelet, the new socialist president of Chile, and the first woman to head that country. She...
Paid articlePrison Outbreak: An Epidemic of Hepatitis C
Wright, Kai
By Kai Wright Illustration by Christiane Grauert Prison Outbreak: An Epidemic of Hepatitis C Rodger Anstetts death in 2003 was neither sudden nor inevitable. The symptoms started back in 1998:...
Paid articleCindy Sheehan
Barsamian, David
THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW by David Barsamian Cindy Sheehan I will never, ever forget the night of April 4 , 2 004, w hen I foun d out my son Casey had b een killed in Iraq," Cindy Sheehan...
Paid articleThe Disabled Take the Stage
Lucht, Beth
The Disabled Take the By Beth Lucht Photo by Kelsy A. Schoenhaar Like many professional actors, Randy Sands dresses flamboyantly The day I stand outside with him, chatting while he smokes a...
Paid articleMama, Medicaid, 'Merica
Nazarene, Robert
Poem MAMA, MEDICAID, 'MERICA By Ordure of The Court NOTICE: Kingliness is next to godliness. Pitch the scrubbucket. Lay down your soap. Give up. Take a seat. The gutter will do, or the...
Paid articleWithdrawal Syndrome
Clinton, Kate
Unplugged Kate Clinton Withdrawal Syndrome When I was four or five, I was fascinated by sporadic National Geographic stories of the lone Japanese soldier emerging from some island jungle to...
Paid articleIran's Nuclear Path
Pal, Amitabh
Books Iran's Nuclear Path The Iranian Labyrinth: Journeys Through Theocratic Iran and Its Furies By Dilip Hiro Nation Books. 448 pages. $17.95. Countdown to Crisis: The Coming Nuclear Showdown...
Paid articleEnough of the D.C. Dems
Ivins, Molly
Small Favors Molly Ivins Enough of the D.C. Dems Mah fellow progressives, now is the time for all good men and women to come to the aid of the party. I don't know about you, but I have had it with...
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