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IssueVol. 081 Issue 001 (December 1 2016)
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Paid articleAfter the Shock
Conniff, Ruth
EDITOR’S NOTE by RUTH CONNIFF After the Shock We had been working on this double issue of the mag­azine for quite a while when Election Day arrived, halfway through our editorial deadline...
Paid articlePopulist Revolt
Conniff, Ruth
the nonexistent problem of in-person voter fraud, but really just made it harder for black people, young people, and the poor to cast votes. In another step backward, Wisconsin rejected...
Paid articleA Time to Fight
LUEDERS, BILL
FURTHER COMMENT by BILL LUEDERS A Time to Fight Don’t talk to me about a nation unified under Donald Trump. Being conciliatory will not somehow make things better. I do not wish Trump...
Paid articleNo Comment
NO COMMENT Ugly Is as Ugly Does The dating site BeautifulPeople.com is planning to open a Los Angeles night club that will let in only people it considers good-looking. “We listen to our members...
Paid articleLetters
WE HEAR YOU What We Can Expect After running a campaign that spoke specifically to white racial grievances, Donald Trump was just elected Pres­ident with the overwhelming support of white...
Paid articleActivists Work to Stop Militarization of the Border
West, Jim
ON THE LINE by JIM WEST Activists Work to Stop Militarization of the Border In Tijuana, family members visit through a border fence. The U.S. Border Patrol permits this for only a few hours...
Paid articleBarack Obama, By the Numbers
LUEDERS, BILL
SMOKING GUN by BILL LUEDERS Barack Obama, By the Numbers As the Obama Administration comes to a close and prepares to take its place in history, let’s look at some measures of its performance....
Paid articleDemocracy Denied: The Electoral College Lets Losers like Trump Become President
NICHOLS, JOHN
DEMOCRACY DENIED The Electoral College Lets Losers like Trump Become President In the mid-1980s, shortly after Ronald Reagan won a forty-nine-state landslide victory in his campaign...
Paid article'No Suits for You!': Companies Mandate Arbitration to Keep Workers and Consumers from Accessing the Courts
LUEDERS, BILL
‘No Suits for You!’ Companies Mandate Arbitration to Keep Workers and Consumers from Accessing the Courts By Bill Lueders For four-and-a-half years, Jennifer Fultz was for many...
Paid articleDoctor on Call: An Interview with Rupa Marya
Kupfer, David
Doctor on Call An Interview with Rupa Marya By David Kupfer Dr. Rupa K. Marya is a physician, folk artist, musical storyteller, and activist. She works at the University of California-San...
Paid articleIn Need of a Fix: With Trump in the White House, Financial System Reform Is Still Possible
Prins, Nomi
In Need of a Fix With Trump in the White House, Financial System Reform Is Still Possible By Nomi Prins On January 20, 2017, after the most exhausting, tumultuous, and divisive...
Paid article'Tech Is a New Place to Have an Old Battle': An Interview with Working World Founder Brendan Martin
Meyer, Will
‘Tech Is a New Place to Have an Old Battle’ An Interview with Working World Founder Brendan Martin By Will Meyer Brendan Martin was deeply moved by Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis’s 2004...
Paid articleHow David Clarke Became the American Right's Sheriff
Gunn, Erik
How David Clarke Became the American Right’s Sheriff By Erik Gunn J ust two days after Donald Trump’s stunning upset victory on Election Day, the short lists of prospective Cabinet members...
Paid article'This Is like My 9/11 All Over Again': An Interview with Wajahat Ali
Stockwell, Norman
‘This Is like My 9/11 All Over Again’ An Interview with Wajahat Ali By Norman Stockwell Wajahat Ali is a journalist and blogger who helped launch Al Jazeera America, as well as an...
Paid articleReflections from the Center of the Universe: Rafting Cataract Canyon
Ingram, Mrill
REFLECTIONS FROM THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE Rafting Cataract Canyon By Mrill Ingram Photos by Tom Martin In the middle of Utah’s Canyonlands National Park, more than fifty miles of...
Paid articleWill There Be Peace in Colombia?
Zárate-Laun, Jack Laun and Cecilia
Will There Be Peace in Colombia? AP PHOTO/FERNANDO VERGARA By Jack Laun and Cecilia Zárate-Laun On October 2, the people of Colombia went to the polls to vote on a historic peace...
Paid articleFrack Attack: An Interview with Wenonah Hauter
Madeson, Frances
Frack Attack An Interview with Wenonah Hauter By Frances Madeson Fracking,” or the extractive method of hydraulic fracturing, is one of those issues on which many otherwise informed...
Paid articleThe Last Energy War: King CONG vs. Solartopia
Wasserman, Harvey
The Last Energy War: King CONG vs. Solartopia By Harvey Wasserman you ride the Amtrak along the Pacific coast between Los Angeles and San Diego, you pass the San Onofre nuclear power plant,...
Paid article'I'm Not Giving Up My Torch, Thank You Very Much': An Interview With Gloria Steinem
Phillips, Debbie
‘I’m Not Giving Up my Torch, Thank You Very Much’ An Interview with Gloria Steinem By Debbie Phillips For the last fifty years, we’ve known Gloria Steinem as the leader of the...
Paid articleMedea Benjamin and the Politics of Disruption
Conniff, Ruth
MEDEA BENJAMIN AND THE POLITICS OF DISRUPTION AP PHOTO/CLIFF OWEN CODEPINK co-founder Medea Benjamin stopped by The Progressive’s offices recently, just as Congress was getting ready...
Paid articleOur Favorite Books of 2016
Our Favorite Books of 2016 BOOKS By Kate Clinton For the last twelve years, my holiday book shout-outs have been culled from a list my beloved book group...
Paid articleBright Sides to a Trump Presidency
Durst, Will
OFF THE MAP by WILL DURST Bright Sides to a Trump Presidency Donald J. Trump didn’t just per­plex the pun­dits, pollsters, and his own progeny with a stunning elec­toral pummel­ing of Hillary...
Paid articleGetting Serious About Locker-Room Talk
Zirin, Dave
EDGE OF SPORTS by DAVE ZIRIN Getting Serious About Locker-Room Talk The news at the inter­section of foot­ball and violence against women is never positive. Every season, there are stories...
Paid articleThe Mushroom Gatherers
Komunyakaa, Yusef
POEM by YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA The Mushroom Gatherers The hard work of love sealed in language has stolen me far from home, from the fields, & I see morning mist rising where they borrow...
Paid articleHas Our Country Gone Nuts?
Hightower, Jim
VOX POPULIST by JIM HIGHTOWER Has Our Country Gone Nuts? Buckle up, friends, it’s going to be a hairy ride. Start with Day One for President Trump (gotta get used to saying that). He will...
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