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 Vol. 076 Issue 005 (May 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 Eluding Justice In March, Attorney General Eric Holder went to the law school at Northwestern to try to defend one of the worst policies of the Obama...
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NO COMMENT
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No Comment Hypocrisy on Sale JC Penney hired openly gay Ellen DeGeneres as a spokesperson, JC Penney CEO Ron Johnson said, because “she shares the same values that we do in our company.” But The...
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Letters to the Editor Right to Choose In “First Person Singular: A Doctor’s Proper Job” (February issue), Lawrence Egbert says, “I believe that adults have a basic human right to end their lives...
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COMMENT
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Comment The GOP War on Women The Republicans are on a rampage. Like a bunch of drunken frat boys, egged on by their leader—that big, fat, bullying lout Rush Lim-baugh—they’re taunting women,...
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GETTING SMART ABOUT ALEC
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Getting Smart About ALEC On February 29, people in more than seventy cities held protests against the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). ALEC is a corporate-sponsored bill-mill that...
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OUR VOICES WILL NOT BE SILENCED
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Our Voices Will Not Be Silenced The nonprofit group Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say smuggled novels and poetry into Arizona to draw attention to the books removed from classrooms...
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SHAME ON THE LEGISLATORS
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Shame on the Legislators Richmond, Virginia On March 4, police arrested thirty-three demonstrators on Virginia’s capitol steps while they protested legislation that violated women’s reproductive...
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LABOR RIGHTS FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS
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Labor Rights for Domestic Workers Domestic workers and their children rallied in Sacramento to push California lawmakers to pass a Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. The proposal in the legislature...
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TOMATO WORKERS FAST
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Tomato Workers Fast Lakeland, Florida Dozens of farmworkers and their allies held a six-day fast March 5-10 at Publix supermarket headquarters. The Coalition of Immokalee Workers is pressuring...
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OCCUPY EDUCATION
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Occupy Education In early March, students across the country protested massive budget cuts to schools. In California, police arrested seventy-two students who occupied the...
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NOT OURS TO EXPLOIT
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Williams, Terry Tempest
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Open Space Terry Tempest Williams Not Ours to Exploit Jackson Hole, Wyoming, in late winter is white. The bare cottonwoods are gray. And the lodgepole pines and Douglas firs appear black, not...
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ON THE TRAIL WITH ELIZABETH WARREN
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Scher, Abby
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On the Trail with Elizabeth Warren By Abby Scher Illustration by Marco Ventura A CRISP, COOL DAY GREETED the North Andover Democratic Town Committee’s annual breakfast in March at a local country...
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FAMILY FARM DEFENDER
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Eisen, By Marc
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By Marc Eisen Illustration by Dongyun Lee Family Farm Defender WHAT COULD BE MORE rare than cactus in a Wisconsin farmer’s wintry backyard? That would be the farmer himself if it’s John Kinsman....
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FLUNKING THE ARMY'S SPIRITUALITY TEST
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Gaylor, Annie Laurie
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By Annie Laurie Gaylor Illustration by Taylor Callery Flunking the Army’s Spirituality Test The freedom from religion Foundation received a complaint in late 2010 from a dismayed soldier at Fort...
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MY HOMELAND SECURITY JOURNEY
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Ahmad, Meher
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FIRST PERSON SINGULAR by Meher Ahmad My Homeland Security Journey I grew up in a suburb of Indianapolis called Carmel and never found myself to be any different from my predominantly white...
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW WITH LIZZ WINSTEAD
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Dinovella, Elizabeth
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW by Elizabeth DiNovella Lizz Winstead Lizz Winstead has had an enormous influence on popular culture. She dreamed up a new satirical genre on television when she created...
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POEM
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Danticat, Edwidge
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Poem a despot walks into a killing field so a despot walks into a killing field to commemorate the country’s worst natural disaster in two hundred years and the killing field is not only where...
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GOODELL'S BOUNTY SCANDAL
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Zirin, Dave
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Edge of Sports Dave Zirin Goodell’s Bounty Scandal Whenever an issue arises about violence in sports, always approach the attendant media hysteria with supreme caution. It’s their opportunity to...
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SOMETHING ABOUT MITT
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Durst, Will
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Off the Map Will Durst Something About Mitt There’s something about Mitt. And whatever it is, more than a few folks are allergic. Maybe they sense he has the same connection to humanity that a...
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THE DARK SIDE OF INDIA'S SUCCESS
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Pal, Amitabh
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Books The Dark Side of India’s Success Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity By Katherine Boo Random House. 256pages. $27. The Beautiful and the Damned: A...
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SILENCING THE TRUTH-TELLERS
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Hightower, Jim
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Vox Populist Jim Hightower Silencing the Truth-tellers Speaking truth to power is an essential virtue for the well being of a democratic republic. And those rare citizens who do it deserve our...
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