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Vol. 073 Issue 005 (May 1 2009)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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Hurlers of the Slur
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Rothschild, Matthew
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Editor’s Note Matthew Rothschild Hurlers of the Slur We’re still a little bit giddy from producing our big centennial issue last month. And your early, positive reactions have gratified us. It...
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Letters
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Letters to the Editor Outcry over Gaza Outcry Is there any emotive word Eduardo Galeano missed in his vicious tirade against Israel (“Operation Impunity,” March issue)? No facts, just “bloodbath,”...
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One Step Backward
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Comment One Step Backward p i resident Obama’s plans for Afghanistan and Pakistan have some serious flaws. He started off on the wrong foot. He announced in February that he was sending 17,000...
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No Comment
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No Comment Blogging Gitmo’s Beauty Miss Universe 2008, Dayana Mendoza, raved about her recent trip to Guantanamo Bay on her blog, reports BBC. Mendoza visited the U.S. prison camp along with Miss...
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The New Welfare Queens
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Conniff, Ruth
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Political Eye Ruth Conniff The New Welfare Queens It was priceless watching Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner’s stunned expression as he listened to questions from Representative Maxine Waters,...
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Pete Rose Hits it Around
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Zirin, Dave
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Edge of Sports Dave Zirin Pete Rose Hits it Around Want to feel old? Pete Rose just turned sixty-eight. Want to feel young? Talk baseball with Pete Rose. The name of the All-Time Hits Leader...
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On the Line
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On the Line March 19 marked a national day of action against the corporate bailout. Demonstrations happened at major financial institu-tions—including Goldman Sachs and AIG—receiving bailout...
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Changing Obama's Mindset
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Zinn, Howard
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By Howard Zinn Changing Obama’s Mindset WE ARE CITIZENS, AND Obama is a politician. You might not like that word. But the fact is he’s a politician. He’s other things, too—he’s a very sensitive...
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Paid Sick Leave Pays Off
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Miner, Barbara
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By Barbara Miner Illustration by Christiane Grauert Paid Sick Leave Kelsey Kaufmann is a nineteen-year-old student at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Kauf-mann works thirty-five to forty...
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Window Dressing in Iraq
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Enders, David; Majeed, Alaa
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By David Enders and Alaa Majeed Illustration by Jeremy Traum Window Dressing in Iraq AS U.S. SOLDIERS BUILT L\ another wall in Sadr City, the JL JL four Iraqi soldiers who looked on were less...
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The Myth of the Efficient Car
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Dubro, Alec
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By Alec Dubro Illustration by Lisa Haney The Myth of the Efficient Car LET’S GET SOMETHING straight about green industry: In its basic form it means we all have to buy new stuff—lots of it. As...
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A One-Woman AIDS Campaign
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Law, Violet
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By Violet Law Illustration by David Page A One-Woman AIDS Campaign By the time dr. gao yaojie landed at the Newark Liberty International Airport on February 27 two years ago, the...
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Rajendra Pachauri
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Pal, Amitabh
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW by Amitabh Pal Rajendra Pachauri Rajendra Pachauri chairs the Nobel-winning group that has done foundational work on global warming. For its research confirming that...
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Steroids, Schmeroids
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Durst, Will
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Off the Map Will Durst Steroids, Schmeroids Oh, for crum’s sake, settle down people. You’ve inflated this whole steroids thing into a national obsession. An Al Qaeda trick designed to devastate...
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HERE
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Liu, Timothy
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Poem HERE in the building where you take the anonymous test, everything is neutral, the lights overhead repeating rows of honeycombed fluorescence intermittently abuzz, one tube flickering on and...
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Gone Bust
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Rothschild, Matthew
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Books Gone Bust Plunder and Blunder: The Rise and Fall of the Bubble Economy By Dean Baker PoliPointPress. 170 pages. $15.95. The Great Financial Crisis: Causes and Consequences By John...
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Obama's War
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Hightower, Jim
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The Lowdown Jim Hightower Obama’s War Hi-ho, hi-ho, it’s off to war we go! As President Obama begins winding down the Bush war in Iraq, he is building up his own war further east. We’re told that...
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