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 Vol. 079 Issue 010 (October 1 2015)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 What Is Reform?
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Conniff, Ruth
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EDITOR'S NOTE by RUTH CONNIFF What Is Reform? The word "reform" has acquired a bad aura, captured, like too much of our language, by rightwing ideologues and the commercial interests they...
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Save the Public Sphere!
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Conniff, Ruth
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COMMENT by RUTH CONNIFF Save the Public Sphere! Across the nation, treasured community institutions that bring people together, offer essential services, and form a cornerstone of our democracy...
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No Comment
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NO COMMENT Quality-of-Life Crimes Some of the ordinance violations used in Pagedale, Missouri, a St. Louis suburb, to snare cash from its mostly African American residents, according to an article...
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Letters
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WE HEAR YOU Let's Give Peace a Chance After more than thirteen years at war, I'm glad that Congress is turning toward diplomacy and peace ("Iran Deal Shifts U.S. Relationship to the World," by...
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Projects
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PROJECTS PUBLIC SCHOOL SHAKEDOWN Right on the Banks, Wrong on Education by Jeff Bryant Heartened by the bold leadership of Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren and the huge crowds cheering...
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To Keep Schools Open, Teachers Go to Work Without Pay
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ON THE LINE To Keep Schools Open, Teachers Go to Work Without Pay Teachers in Pennsylvania’s Chester Upland School District are no strangers to the fght to save their schools. In November 2012,...
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Who Loves Ya, Donald?
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LUEDERS, BILL
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SMOKING GUN by BILL LUEDERS Who Loves Ya, Donald? This Federal Election Commission campaign finance summary breaks down donations to the war chest of Republican presidential candidate Donald...
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Cashing In on Special-Needs Kids
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Lahm, Sarah
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Cashing In on| Special-Needs By Sarah Lahm Raising a child with autism requires extra vigilance. Just ask Minneapolis parent Marcia Haugstad. Her son, Noah, has an autism spectrum disorder...
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Op Art
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Pullen, Zak
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Trumpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Trumpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the consultants and all the ad men could not put Trumpty together...
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The Education of Jesse Hagopian
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Middlewood, Erin
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The Education of Jesse Hagopian By Erin Middlewood Pepper spray seared Jesse Hagopian's face and tears streamed from his eyes. He had just given a speech at this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Day...
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Getting Smart on Crime
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Cusac, Anne-Marie
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Getting Smart on Crime Conservatives Discover Prison Reform By Anne-Marie Cusac When John Turner left Walker State Prison in Georgia in early August, his wife gave him a new set of clothes. He...
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The Horrors of Solitary Confnement
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LUEDERS, BILL
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The Horrors of Solitary Confnement By Bill Lueders A solitary cell at Waupun Correctional Institution in Wisconsin. These were men Kate Edwards knew well. They had attended the spiritual talking...
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Actor, Activist, Provocateur: An Interview with Tim Robbins
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Rampell, Ed
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Actor, Activist, Provocateur: An Interview with Tim Robbins Still from Episode #1 of HBO's new series The Brink. By Ed Rampell If Martin Sheen was America's "acting President," Tim Robbins is...
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Why Cavemen Fear Women
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Clinton, Kate
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UNPLUGGED by KATE CLINTON Why Cavemen Fear Women Some days, I wonder how far back Cher turned time. My friends are all on the paleo diet. We communicate through emoji pictographs on the man-cave...
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The Next NBA Trip to the Holy Land
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Zirin, Dave
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EDGE OF SPORTS by DAVE ZIRIN The Next NBA Trip to the Holy Land Roger Mason Jr. has played professional basketball for a dozen years, including several for the San Antonio Spurs. He has also been...
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Radiant Intention
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Hart, Matt
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POEM by MATT HART Radiant Intention If you must, you must Open your mouth Let the light roll out Ping-pong with books Fire Fire Fire Blinding lake water Weird sisters, blood brothers ...
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The Quest for Gold Mountain
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Bow, Leslie
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BOOKS The Quest for Gold Mountain By Leslie Bow The Making of Asian America: A History By Erika Lee Simon & Schuster. 416 pages. $29.95. In 1914, my grandfather was recommended for...
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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Mellowness
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Hightower, Jim
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VOX POPULIST by JIM HIGHTOWER Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Mellowness Earlier this year, music legends Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard teamed up to make a pro-marijuana video titled, "It's...
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