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 Vol. 078 Issue 006 (June 1 2014)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 Discomforting the Big Shots
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Conniff, Ruth
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Editor’s Note Ruth Conniff Discomforting the Big Shots In this issue of The Progressive, I am proud to introduce three amazing researchers and writers who joined our staff when we merged with the...
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No Comment
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No Comment Scalia’s Sadness About Women “You can’t go to a movie— or watch a television show, for that matter—without hearing the constant use of the ‘F-word,’ including, you know, ladies using...
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Letters
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Letters to the Editor Obama’s indescribable Failure After reflecting on Matthew Rothschild’s article on President Obama’s troubling World War I speech (May issue), it is difficult to find the...
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Corporations versus the Planet
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Comment Corporations versus the Planet There are no bigger bad guys than the captains of the fossil fuel industry. In the face of record temperatures, rising sea levels, and looming planetary...
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On the Line
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Bottari, Mary; Rowan, Harriet Blair
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On the Line Cowboys and Indians against Keystone On Earth Day, a coalition of farmers, ranchers, and Native Americans rode into Washington, D.C., to set up an encampment close to the White House....
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McCutcheon's Supreme Cynicism
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Fischer, Brendan
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Objection! Brendan Fischer McCutcheon’s Supreme Cynicism One of the many outrageous aspects of the U.S. Supreme Court’s McCutcheon v. FEC decision is how blatantly it served the interests of the...
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Dreaming in Harmony
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Williams, Terry Tempest
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Open Space Terry Tempest Williams Dreaming in Harmony Last night, I dreamed that Neil Young and Kathie Lee Gifford were singing a duet called “I Found God on Heartbreak Road.” It was a country...
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Walmart Squeezes Organics
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Hauter, Wenonah
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by Wenonah Hauter Illustration by Jem Sullivan Walmart Squeezes Organics One of the most frequent questions I get about the food system is what to make of the fact that Walmart sells organic...
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Oklahoma Clamps Down on Democracy
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By John Nichols Illustration by Zina Saunders Oklahoma Clamps Down on Democracy Once upon a time, Republicans were big fans of local democracy. Barry Goldwater wrote in his book The Conscience of...
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Oregon's GMO Sellout
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Wilce, Rebekah
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By Rebekah Wilce Illustration by Paul Corio Oregon’s GMO Sellout When the headline said that Oregon’s Democratic governor, John Kitzhaber, had signed into law a corporate-backed bill overriding...
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One Farmer's Story: Why I Stopped Drinking the Chemical Kool-Aid
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Goodman, Jim
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FIRST PERSON SINGULAR by Jim Goodman One Farmer’s Story: Why I Stopped Drinking the Chemical Kool-Aid I should have started reading Wendell Berry sooner. While he was writing about the social and...
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Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front
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Berry, Wendell
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By Wendell Berry Manifesto: The Mad Farmer Liberation Front Love the quick profit, the annual raise, vacation with pay. Want more of everything ready made. Be afraid to know your neighbors and to...
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Vandana Shiva
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Barsamian, David
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW by David Barsamian Vandana Shiva Vandana Shiva is an internationally renowned voice for sustainable development and social justice. A physicist, scholar, social...
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The GM Lesson: Failure to Warn Should Be a Felony
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Ruskin, Ralph Nader, Gary; Steinzor, Rena
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By Ralph Nader, Gary Ruskin, and Rena Steinzor The GM Lesson: Failure to Warn Should Be a Felony Editor’s note: This is the text of a letter to the chairs and ranking members of the Senate and...
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The German Version: What Margaret Said On Hearing Talk of Sobibor
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Baldwin, Barbara Ellen
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Poem The German Version: What Margaret Said On Hearing Talk of Sobibor (for Carolyn Kizer) we suffered too. no one knew what was happening no person saw camps like those not like those they...
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I Didn't Inhale
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Clinton, Kate
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Unplugged Kate Clinton i Didn’t inhale Almost every town where I have performed believes it is the center of the universe. Townies are shocked that I plan to leave after my gig and return to my...
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Time for the NCAA to Pay
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Zirin, Dave
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Edge of Sports Dave Zirin Time for the NCAA to Pay In April, Fox News’s number one blatherer, Bill O’Reilly, hectored Kentucky head coach John Cali-pari about today’s players in language with more...
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Getting Close to the Edge
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Rothschild, Matthew
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Books Getting Close to the Edge The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History By Elizabeth Kolbert Henry Holt. 319 pages. $28. By Matthew Rothschild This book is equal parts fascinating and...
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Throwaway Faculty
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Hightower, Jim
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Vox Populist Jim Hightower Throwaway Faculty If one obscure college professor dies, does it make any difference? If you’re Margaret Mary Vojtko, the answer is yes. Margaret Mary died last summer...
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