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 Vol. 076 Issue 012 (December 1 2012)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 EDITOR'S NOTE
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Editor’s Note Matthew Rothschild How to Live As you may know, I’m no huge fan of President Obama. But Election Night was a time to exult. It was reassuring and reaffirming to see a new...
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NO COMMENT
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No Comment Where There’s Smoke ProPublica reports that Steve Buyer, a Republican Congressman from Indiana from 1993 to 2011 and longtime friend of the tobacco industry while in office, has...
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LETTERS
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Letters to the Editor Seeger an Inspiration Tears came to my eyes after I finished reading “Hammering Out Justice” by Matthew Rothschild (Books, September issue). Along with Howard Zinn...
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COMMENT A VICTORY FOR THE 99 PERCENT
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Comment A Victory for the 99 Percent November 6 was a great day for progressives. All across America, voters resoundingly rejected the party of millionaires who dismissed as “freeloaders” the...
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ON THE LINE
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On the Line 1st Strike at Walmart Pico Rivera, California Several dozen Walmart workers walked out to form a strike in front of a Walmart in Southern California, accusing management of...
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POEM
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Oliver, Mary
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Poem The Moth, The Mountains, The Rivers Who can guess the luna’s sadness who lives so briefly? Who can guess the impatience of stone longing to be ground down, to be part again of something...
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EVERYDAY SUBVERSION
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Solnit, Rebecca
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Everyday Subversion By Rebecca Solnit Ishop at two fishmongers’ and butchers’ kiosks, where the men stand all day in chilly spaces, around meat that needs cutting up and bad smells and...
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GIVING AND RECEIVING
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Danticat, Edwidge
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Giving and Receiving By Edwidge Danticat Illustration by Kelly Mudge THERE WAS A TIME IN MY LIFE when I wanted to be a nun. It seemed like the most hassle-free calling for a shy little girl....
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RELEARNING THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
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Healey, Josh
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Relearning the Beautiful Game By Josh Healey Illustration by Peter Thomas Ryan WHOEVER SAID SPORTS and politics don’t mix should come spend a Sunday in the Bay Area. Meet me here near the...
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RESURRECT PEACE
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Sanchez, Sonia
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Resurrect Peace By Sonia Sanchez HOW CAN I BIND you to responsibility in a non-responsible world? How can I bind you to yourselves so that you know that the human face will triumph over the...
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FINDING SANITY AND KINDNESS
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Kelly, Kathy
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Finding Sanity and Kindness By Kathy Kelly Illustration by Louisa Bertman PEOPLE SOMETIMES ASK ME, “How do you keep going in the face of so much injustice and despair?” They point out the...
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MAKING A MOVE
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Baca, Jimmy Santiago
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Making a Move By Jimmy Santiago Baca Illustration by Yuko Shimizu IHAD THE CHRONIC SOULsickness called complacency, and I was desperate to get away from zombie capitalism. Ya basta! Enough,...
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POEM
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Espada, Martín
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Poem Castles for the Laborers and Ballgames on the Radio For Howard Zinn (1922-2010) We stood together at the top of his icy steps, without a word for once, squinting at the hill below and the...
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DON'T PAY THE PRICE OF RESPECTABILITY
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Fletcher, Bill Jr.
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Don’t Pay the Price of Respectability By Bill Fletcher Jr. Illustration by M. K. Perker WHEN DO YOU SPEAK up? When do your remain silent? The morning of September 11, 2001, was sunny and...
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IN THE PRESENCE OF A SWAN
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Williams, Terry Tempest
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In the Presence of a Swan By Terry Tempest Williams Illustration by Peter Diamond AMONG THE TLINGIT, THE arrival of the first salmon was cause for celebration. The fish was greeted as an...
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JAN GEHL
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Law, Violet
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Jan Gehl THE PROGRESS IVE INTERVIEW by Violet Law For Danish architect and planner Jan Gehl, humanfocused urban planning is as simple as making a city a welcoming host. “A good city is like a...
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OVERCOMING POWERLESSNESS
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NADER, RALPH
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Overcoming Powerlessness By Ralph Nader Illustration by Cristy C. Road IN THE DEPRESSION-WRACKED 1930s, the famous British economist John Maynard Keynes wrote an essay titled “Economic...
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SPIRITS OF THE STORIES
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Harjo, Joy
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Spirits of the Stories By Joy Harjo Illustration by Andrea Wicklud IN SUMMER, INDIAN STORIES are in the making everywhere. The days are long and languid and the nights are warm and full of...
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SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO BE THERE
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Mckibben, Bill
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Sometimes You Have to Be There By Bill McKibben Illustration by Dushan Milic THE DEFINITION OF SOMEONE at odds with his ideals: a crusader against climate change who spends virtually every...
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POEM
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Schmidt, Lauren
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Poem The Mother Called Joo-Leeza It took a month before the caseworkers let me meet the mother they called Joo-Leeza: She can’t write English enough to write poetry, I was told. She won’t want...
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SAVOR THE LITTLE VICTORIES
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BENJAMIN, MEDEA
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Savor the Little Victories By Medea Benjamin Illustration by Alex Nabaum IRECALL MY FIRST TRIP TOIRAQ, ten years ago, just weeks before the U.S. invasion. When passing through customs at the...
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ENVISIONING A HEALED WORLD
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Gonzales, Mark
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Envisioning a Healed World By Mark Gonzales Illustration by Koren Shadmi The world is an echo of wounds. The fascists in France want it to be Arizona. We wake to a social media newsfeed...
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SEEING RESULTS
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Barlow, Maude
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Seeing Results By Maude Barlow Illustration by Christopher Serra THESE ARE HARD TIMES. It is particularly distressing in my country (Canada) at the moment as we have the most rightwing...
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A THREADED LIFE
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Rodr, Luis J.; guez, #x00ED;
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A Threaded Life By Luis J. Rodríguez Illustration by Dongyun Lee There’s a thread you follow. It goes among / things that change. But it doesn’t change. / . . . while you hold it you can’t get...
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LANGUAGE VERSUS LIES
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Sanders, Scott Russell
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Language Versus Lies By Scott Russell Sanders Illustration by Jeremy Traum ON A TRIP TO THE GROCERY store with my mother soon after I learned to read, I noticed bottles of dishwashing soap...
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STORIES TO STEER
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Alvarez, Julia
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Stories to Steer By By Julia Alvarez Illustration by Jacqui Oakley THERE’S AN OLD YIDDISH story about a rabbi who walks out in a rich neighborhood and meets a watchman. “For whom are you...
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POEM
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Piercy, Marge
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Poem Hope is a long slow thing “I became a feminist but I didn’t get it all so I have committed to the Church of Perpetual Subservience.” “I protested, demonstrated but still the war went on,...
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KNOCKING OUT HOMOPHOBIA
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Zirin, Dave
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Knocking Out Homophobia Edge of Sports Dave Zirin Orlando Cruz is my choice for a hero who is “living the values” of openness, fearlessness, and courage. Cruz is a 2000 Olympian from Puerto...
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A LOVELY CHRISTMAS GIFT
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Clinton, Kate
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A Lovely Christmas Gift Unplugged Kate Clinton Afriend of mine recently told me that when she was in fourth grade she won the statewide Bible Bust. A moderator would cite a chapter and verse...
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OUR FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2012
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Clinton, Kate
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Our Favorite Books of 2012 By Kate Clinton If you are looking for some new language to use to describe the current crisis of hope, read Cruel Optimism (Duke University Press) by University of...
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HEROIC VOTERS
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Hightower, Jim
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Heroic Voters Vox Populist Jim Hightower Two heroes emerg ed at the polls this year, and neither was named Barack or Mitt. Their names are Galicia and Ken—ordinary Americans with...
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THE PROGRESSIVE INDEX
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Lukas, Ina
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The Progressive Index A list of authors and subjects, followed by title, month of issue, and page number. For example, “Apr 19” refers to page 19 of the April issue. A Abortion: The GOP War on...
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