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Vol. 078 Issue 009 (September 1 2014)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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Epic Struggles
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Conniff, Ruth
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EDITOR'S NOTE by RUTH CONNIFF Epic Struggles In this issue of the magazine, we cover four governors whose politics are eerily alike. From Wisconsin to Florida to Pennsylvania to Maine, rightwing...
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Tax Cuts + Tax Havens = Rightwing Agenda
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Graves, Lisa
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COMMENT Tax Cuts + Tax Havens = The banner that caught my eye on the program of FreedomFest, the largest gathering of right-wing activists in the United States this year, read: “Escape from...
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No Comment
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NO COMMENT Kindergarten Play Canceled for College Prep The interim principal at Harley Avenue Primary School in Elwood, New York, canceled the traditional kindergarten play last spring, explaining...
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Bravo on Robber Barons!
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WE HEAR YOU Bravo on Robber Barons! Your new visual presentation and the July-August issue itself knocked the ball out of the park with the bases loaded. Congratulations! How you took something...
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On the Line
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Rowan, Harriet Blair
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ON THE LINE by HARRIET BLAIR ROWAN Solidarity with Gaza More than a million people around the world took to the streets in solidarity with Gaza against the Israeli bombardment that killed more...
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The Smoking Gun
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THE SMOKING...
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Can Scott Walker Be Defeated?
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Conniff, Ruth
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Can Scott Walker Be Defeated? By Ruth Conniff The most infamous member of the rogues’ gallery of Republican governors running for reelection this year is Wisconsin’s Scott Walker. Walker became a...
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Walker's Snow Job
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Bottarl, Mary
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Walker’s Snow Job By Mary Bottari he governor’s race in Wisconsin between the Republican incumbent, Scott Walker, and his Democratic challenger, Mary Burke, is coming down to one issue: jobs,...
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Rick Scott Delivers Florida
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Papantonlo, Mike; Cousins, Farron
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Rick Scott Delivers Florida By Mike Papantonio and Farron Cousins uring his tenure as president of the Democratic National Committee, Howard Dean did his best to implement a fifty-state strategy...
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Paul LePage: Maine's Embarrassment
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Scher, Abby
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Paul LePage: Maine’s Embarrassment By Abby Scher o many people in Maine, the governor, Paul LePage, is an embarrassment. “He makes us look like idiots,” says Terri, a retiree who stops for an...
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Tom Corbett's Sharp Right Turn
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Beilke, Dustin
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Tom Corbett’s Sharp Right Turn By Dustin Beilke Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett is facing a tough battle for reelection this fall. He ran as a moderate in 2010, but ever since he took office,...
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The Koch Brothers' Latino Front
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Morales, Ed
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The Koch Brothers’ Latino Front By Ed Morales Things got heated at breakfast at the Coronado Bay Hotel in San Diego at this year’s annual conference of the National Association of Latino Elected...
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The Motor City's Broken Promise
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Bakopoulos, Dean
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The Motor City’s Broken Promise By Dean Bakopoulos few weeks ago, I told a dear friend that my wife of seventeen years was leaving me and planning to file for divorce. After listening to the...
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Fighting Back in Detroit
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Azikiwe, Abayomi
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Fighting Back in Detroit By Abayomi Azikiwe he tension began to rise in the Detroit courtroom of federal bankruptcy judge Steven Rhodes on July 15. More than eighty workers, retirees, homeowners,...
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America Ferrera
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Rampell, Ed
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THE PROGRESSIVE INTERVIEW America Ferrera By Ed Rampell merica Ferrera is the epitome of a socially engaged artist. The former Ugly Betty star earlier this year portrayed Helen Chavez, the title...
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Compassion in the Clinic
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Clinton, Kate
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UNPLUGGED by KATE CLINTON Compassion in the Clinic The Supreme Court decided from within its ioo-foot buffer zone that Massachusetts’ thirty-five-foot buffer zone around clinics interfered with...
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Dan Snyder Keeps Digging
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Zirin, Dave
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EDGE OF SPORTS by DAVE ZIRIN Dan Snyder Keeps Digging Dan Snyder won’t give it up—yet. One of the most specious arguments that the owner of the Washington football team has used to justify...
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Papaya No More
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Rhodes, Heidi Andrea Restrepo
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POEM by HEIDI ANDREA RESTREPO RHODES Papaya No More He had been to a movie theater once, after a market sojourn to Cali, and from the attic of his heart he could unfold in the entirety of an...
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Snowden on the Witness Stand
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Whitney, Jake
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BOOKS by JAKE WHITNEY Snowden on the Witness Stand No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State By Glenn Greenwald Henry Holt & Co. 272 pages. $27. One morning in...
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Walgreens Flees
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Hightower, Jim
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VOX POPULIST by JIM HIGHTOWER Walgreens Flees How would you react if one of your neighbors announced that while he obviously benefits from having clean water, highways, Medicare, police...
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