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 Vol. 073 Issue 009 (September 1 2009)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 The Internet Age
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Rothschild, Matthew
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Editor’s Note Matthew Rothschild The Internet Age
I love the Internet. It’s like having the world’s libraries at your fingertips. I appreciate the ability to get information quickly—and to...
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No Comment
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No Comment The Guard vs. KBR Five current and former Oregon Army National Guard soldiers filed suit against KBR, a war contractor, for exposing them to a cancer-causing chemical in Iraq. The...
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Letters
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Letters to the Editor Zinn on War I have always been a huge fan of Howard Zinn’s, and I applaud the premise of his July article, “Just Cause Does Not Equal Just War.” But he undermines his...
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Comment
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Losing Health Care
T he health care debate has taken a turn for the worse. Republicans are gaining ground in the polls with their ludicrous scare tactics about government-run health...
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On the Line
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On the Line HIV Is Not in Recession
On July 8, AIDS activists staged a protest in the Capitol rotunda. They criticized the Obama Administration’s failure to lift the federal ban on funding...
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Former Felon at the White House
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Conniff, Ruth
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Political Eye Ruth Conniff Former Felon at the White House
J. D. Stier is one of the most upbeat people I’ve ever met. A star organizer on the Obama campaign, he was recently tapped to work for...
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Inverting the Economic Order
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Berry, Wendell
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By Wendell Berry Illustration by Alex Nabaum Inverting the Economic Order M Y ECONOMIC POINT OF VIEW is from ground level. It is a point of view sometimes described as “agrarian.” That...
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Wall Street's Gall
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Leopold, Les
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By Les Leopold Illustration by Mark Jarman Wall Street’s Gall
“Morgan Stanley plans to repackage a downgraded collateralized debt obligation backed by leveraged loans into new securities...
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Making Refugees in Pakistan
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Kelly, Kathy; Pearson, Dan
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By Kathy Kelly and Dan Pearson Illustration by Barry Bruner Making Refugees in Pakistan S URROUNDED BY FARMLAND in Pakistan’s Swabi district, the village of Shah Mansoor can be reached...
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Rafael Correa
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Goodman, Amy
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW
by Amy Goodman Rafael Correa
E cuadorian President Rafael Correa is an economist by training. He is a fierce critic of international financial institutions like...
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Poem
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Ostriker, Alicia
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Poem My Mother Refused to Weed My mother refused to weed she had lived through depression and war she had been glad to leave the city she wanted nothing to die she wanted everything to flourish...
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Nationalism Rules at Macalester
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Zirin, Dave
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Edge of Sports Dave Zirin Nationalism Rules at Macalester
S ome people go to college and become a Wildcat, a Blue Devil, or a Seminole. I was a Fightin’ Scot. No semipro sports factory for...
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Calexico Crosses Frontiers
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Dinovella, Elizabeth
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By Elizabeth DiNovella Photos by Robin Davies I’ve always wanted to see the Tucson-based band Calexico perform. I first fell in love with its sound in 2001 when it released Even My Sure Things...
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While You Were Out
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Durst, Will
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Off the Map Will Durst While You Were Out
B esides needing a vacation from your vacation, the worst part of returning to work after a traditional summer holiday is the realization...
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Books
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Rothschild, Matthew
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Books
What Good Are More Poems?
Fire and Ink: An Anthology Of Social Action Writing Edited by Frances Payne Adler, Debra Busman, and Diana García University of Arizona Press. 480 pages....
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Fees R Us
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Hightower, Jim
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Vox Populist Jim Hightower Fees R Us H ave you received your thank you note? I’m still waiting for mine. A year into the Wall Street bailout, I’ve yet to get any sort of “thank you” from...
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