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Vol. 077 Issue 007 (July 1 2013)
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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 Meeting Galeano Ifinally met Eduardo Galeano on May 9. He’s one of my favorite writers in the entire world, and as he’s been contributing his unique essays to...
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NO COMMENT
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No Comment NRA Refights Civil War The new president of the National Rifle Association, Jim Porter, said that the Civil War was “started by some Yankee generals who didn’t like the way...
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LETTERS
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Letters to the Editor Where Did My Milwaukee Go? Thank you, thank you, for your review of Barbara Miner’s book about Milwaukee (“The Battle of Milwaukee,” Matthew Rothschild, May issue). I...
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COMMENT OBAMA'S HOLLOW WORDS
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Comment Obama’s Hollow Words President Obama has an eerie and alarming ability to detach himself from his own dubious actions. This character trait was on full display in his big speech at the...
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ON THE LINE
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On the Line Worldwide March Against Monsanto Demonstrators gathered in cities and towns across the globe on May 25 to protest against the agribusiness giant Monsanto. Their grievances...
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WHY I WRITE
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Galeano, Eduardo
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The Upside-Down World Eduardo Galeano Why I Write A confession, to begin. Ever since I was a baby, I tried to be a soccer player. I still am the best of the best, number one, but only during...
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PEACE BITES THE DUST IN CRAWFORD
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Webster, Stephen C.
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Peace Bites the Dust in Crawford By Stephen C. Webster Illustration by Peter Diamond IT WAS 96 DEGREES ON ANOTHER miserable August day in Bush Country circa 2005 when Cindy Sheehan finally got...
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NUTRITION, INC.
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Cook, Christopher D.
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Nutrition, Inc. By Christopher D. Cook Illustration by Wesley Allsbrook WHEN THOUSANDS OFTHE nation’s nutritionists gathered in Philadelphia for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics’...
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BRAZIL'S POOR PAY WORLD CUP PENALTY
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Carri, Maria; n, #x00F3;
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Brazil’s Poor Pay World Cup Penalty By Maria Carrión ON A WARM EVENING THIS PAST FEBRUARY, ABOUT 100 residents of the Bairro da Paz, a favela located on the periphery of the northeastern...
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WIND TAKES IOWA BY STORM
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Lorenzsonn, Erik
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Wind Takes Iowa by Storm By Erik Lorenzsonn Illustration by Yuko Shimizu THE WINDS THAT SWEEP through central Iowa’s corn and soybean fields are a powerful force—as I almost found out the...
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ALISON BECHDEL
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Sorensen, Jen
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW by Jen Sorensen Alison Bechdel Cartoonist Alison Bechdel, author of the legendary comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For and the bestselling graphic memoir Fun Home, has...
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POEM
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Bathanti, Joseph
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Poem The Footlocker The day before I left Pittsburgh to work as a VISTA Volunteer in the prisons of North Carolina, my father drove me in the family car – an enormous two-door green Chrysler...
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AN AWAKENED TIGER
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Zirin, Dave
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Edge of Sports Dave Zirin An Awakened Tiger I’ve never cared for golf on the theory that it’s not a sport. My personal belief is that if you can gain weight or smoke cigarettes while doing...
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LESBIAN LIMBO
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Clinton, Kate
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Unplugged Kate Clinton Lesbian Limbo Oh, don’t mind me. I’ve just been a little cranky, a tad blue. I think it started in the madness of March, with the tenth anniversary of the war in Iraq....
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HOW DOES SHE DO IT?
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Conniff, Ruth
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Books How Does She Do It? Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead By Sheryl Sandberg Knopf. 228 pages. $24.95. By Ruth Conniff Let’s start with the obvious stuff. Sheryl Sandberg is...
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CEOS PLAY HIDE AND SEEK
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Hightower, Jim
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Vox Populist Jim Hightower CEOs Play Hide and Seek If corporations are people, as the Supreme Court pretends, they certainly are loudmouths, constantly telling us how great they are and...
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