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 Vol. 074 Issue 003 (March 1 2010)
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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 Thank You, Howard We are officially in mourning this month, stunned still by the news that Howard Zinn, our teacher, died on January 27. We are sadder today...
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DISTILLED ZINN
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Distilled Zinn The Massacres of History August 1998 "VX/Then our government, our W media, and our institutions of higher learning select certain events for remembering and ignore others,...
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NO COMMENT
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No Comment And God Said to Sarah Sarah Palin believed that Senator John McCain chose her to be his running mate in 2008 because it was “God’s plan,” reports 60 Minutes. Arnold’s Prisión Governor...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Letters to the Editor Banks Are Not Your Friend Thanks for a wonderful interview with a woman I admire greatly (Interview with Elizabeth Warren, by Ruth Con-niff December 2009/January 2010). On...
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COMMENT
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Comment A Deficit of Leadership It has been a disappointing season for progressives. Health care reform is slipping away. The Democrats lost Ted Kennedy’s Senate seat. President Obama switched...
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ON THE LINE
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On the Line The Market Won’t Save the Earth Environmental activists targeted the Carbon Trading Summit in New York City. The demonstrators are opposed to a market-based trading of greenhouse gas...
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SLURRING SPANISH
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Rodríguez, Luis J.
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Slurring Spanish Mi In 1960, I entered I 1 first grade at 109th Street School in Watts speaking only Spanish. I was pushed from one classroom to another. When I finally found a teacher to accept...
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HOW CAN WE BE OF USE?
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Williams, Terry Tempest
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How Can We Be of Use? Beneath a rainbow umbrella that shields her from the sun, a woman is selling her paintings in the market. She is standing, not sitting. Each painting appears as a scroll...
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AFTER THE EARTHQUAKE,HAITI CAN'T GET A BREAK
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Dantò, Ezili
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After the Earthquake, Haiti Can’t Get a Break THE MAJOR MEDIA CALLED on January 13, hours after the earthquake ravaged Haiti. A black woman working for a major TV station wanted to do a special...
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RATTLE THE REGION
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Dangl, Benjamin
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Rattle the Region By Benjamin Dangl Illustration by Christophe Vorlet On the shores of the Magdalena River, in a lush green valley dotted with cattle ranches and farms, sits the Palanquero...
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DEPORTATION ORDER
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Jarrar, Randa
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Deportation Order Just after New Year’s of 2005, my younger brother, Raed, then a senior at the University of Maryland, came home to D.C. after visiting our parents in Kuwait. The security people...
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GAIL COLLINS
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Conniff, Ruth
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Gail Collins THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW by Ruth Conniff ~KJew York Times columnist Gail Collins is the author of two N volumes of American women’s history, Americas Women: 400 Years of Dolls, ...
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THE ART OF RECYCLING
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Moore, Anne Elizabeth
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The Art of Recycling By Anne Elizabeth Moore CALLING THEM MERE \ recyclers misses the point. The Chicago-based artist group Material Exchange makes use of the detritus of consumer culture, sure....
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POEM
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Chen, Lisa
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Poem I’m Sorry I’m sorry, your condos are blocking my memory I’m sorry your small is making me feel self-conscious about my medium. I’m sorry that came off like a focus group. Forgive me, but...
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SO YOU THINK YOU CAN FLY?
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Clinton, Kate
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So You Think You Can Fly? Isaw Up in the Air, and it’s an unsettling film for a frequent fellow traveler. It’s not to be confused with the animated film Up— with the old guy and the helium balloons...
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A HAITIAN ATHLETE REACHES OUT
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Zirin, Dave
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A Haitian Athlete Reaches Out If you’ve ever played hoops on a ninety-four-foot regulation court, you know that it’s not a task for the timid. Now imagine doing it without a drop of food in your...
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BOOKS
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Hicks, Deborah
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Books Tunnel Vision Why School? Reclaiming Education for All of Us by Mike Rose The New Press. 177 pages. $19.95. By Deborah Hicks On a cold February day in 2003, I was struck by a strange and...
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KFC SPRAYS FIRE HYDRANTS
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Hightower, Jim
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KFC Sprays Fire Hydrants Fire hydrants deserve more respect. They are utilitarian and ubiquitous icons of Americas urban landscape, yet they’re rarely noticed by anyone but dogs—who give them no...
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