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IssueVol. 078 Issue 004 (April 1 2014)
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Paid articleThe Walker File
Conniff, Ruth
Editor’s Note The Walker File When an appeals court in Madison, Wisconsin, released thousands of pages of secret e-mails by Scott Walker’s “inner circle,” The Progressive immediately posted the...
Paid articleNo Comment
No Comment Calling Margaret Atwood Virginia Republican state senator Steve Martin had this advice for women. “Once a child does exist in your womb,” he wrote on Face-book in February, “I’m not...
Paid articleLetters
Letters to the Editor Run, Bernie, Run! It is time for Bernie Sanders to run for the Presidency of the United States (Bill Fletcher Jr., “Should Bernie Run?” February issue). He is a hard-working...
Paid articleRolling Back Voting Rights
Conniff, Ruth
Comment Rolling Back Voting Rights Over the last several years, voter I.D. laws passed by state legislatures have been making it harder for poor people, students, the elderly, and minorities to...
Paid articleOn the Line
On the Line Students Arrested At White Police arrested hundreds of young people protesting the Keystone XL project on March 2. The demonstrators zip-tied themselves to the fence outside the White...
Paid articleTaking on TransCanada
Saldana, Dave
Taking on TransCanada February 13, 2013, was a special day in Washington, D.C. It wasn’t merely because hundreds of demonstrators marched in front of the White House to stop the Keystone XL...
Paid articleDear President Obama
Redford, Robert
Robert Redford is an actor, director, and longtime environmental activist. Dear President Obama: I just have one thing to say when it comes to the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Mr. President:...
Paid articleBoom Times for Heroin
Cusac, Anne-Marie
Boom Times for Heroin When actor Philip Seymour Hoffman died of a heroin overdose on February 2, the media started to pay attention to the new heroin epidemic in this country. But they missed one...
Paid articleScott Walker's Dubious Dodge
Rothschild, Matthew
Scott Walker’s Dubious Dodge Many people can’t understand how Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker managed to escape being indicted by the first John Doe investigation, which led to convictions of six...
Paid articleRichard Wolff
Rampell, Ed
THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW Richard Wolff Richard Wolff has emerged as one of the most prominent progressive economists in America. He appears on Free Speech TV, Link TV, and Pacifica Radio, and has...
Paid articleCesar Chavez, the Movie
Rampell, Ed
Cesar Chavez, the Movie It’s still early in the year, but Cesar Chavez may very well be 2014’s best progressive feature. Chavez focuses on the heyday of the United Farm Workers during the 1960s...
Paid articleComedy's Crass Ceiling
Clinton, Kate
Comedy’s Crass Ceiling For more than thirty years I have been a comedy practitioner, and for more than forty years I have been a student of late night comedy. From Tonight to Late Night to The Late...
Paid articleDerek Jeter, Marketer's Dream
Zirin, Dave
Edge of Sports Derek Jeter, Marketer’s Dream This baseball season, we are faced with the prospect of the last year of New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter. When Jeter first put on a Yankees...
Paid articlePoem
Berry, Wendell
Poem iii. Though his tenure on the earth is that of a blade of grass, though his acquaintance among the dead increases year by year and, like many grown old before, he lives from the loss of...
Paid articleMuslim Girl Superhero
Series, Marvel
Books Muslim Girl Superhero Ms. Marvel Series Marvel Comics. 32 pages each. $11. By Meher Ahmad I read The Joy Luck Club when I was in fourth grade, perhaps a little too early to begin...
Paid articlePoor Jamie Dimon
Hightower, Jim
Vox Populist Poor Jamie Dimon Assume that you ran a business that was found guilty of bribery, forgery, perjury, defrauding homeowners, fleecing investors, swindling consumers, cheating credit...
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