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IssueVol. 080 Issue 004 (April 1 2016)
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Paid articleEnough Is Enough
Conniff, Ruth
Enough Is Enough Thirty-two years ago, in a classic piece of gonzo journalism, Bill Lueders—then an intern at The Progressive, now associate editor—demonstrated how ridiculously easy it was for an...
Paid articleWhat Is a Progressive?
NICHOLS, JOHN
What Is a Progressive? The most absurd assertion in the media coverage of the 2016 Democratic presidential race—and that’s a high bar in a year where media coverage has been mon-umentally absurd—is...
Paid articleNo Comment
“Oh, Mom!” Washington state Representative Mary Dye shocked a group of teenage girls who met with her during Teen Lobby Day to put in a good word for Planned Parenthood by asking if they were...
Paid articleWe Hear You
Don’t Be Duped by the Kochs It sent shivers down my spine to read Van Jones, in his interview with David Kupfer (Febru-ary issue), boast of his work with Koch Industries and Newt Ging-rich on...
Paid articleProjects
Want to Know What You’re Eating? Get Ready for Lawsuits By Carmelo Ruiz The states of Vermont and California have made major strides in defending consumers’ right to know about the presence of...
Paid articleFarm Workers in Two Countries Boycott Driscoll's Berries
Bacon, David
Farm Workers in Two Countries Boycott Driscoll’s Berries ? No matter whether they work in Washington State, California, or Mexico, blueberry pickers perform exhausting work. At Sakuma Farms in...
Paid articleWhat Do We Have to Fear?
LUEDERS, BILL
What Do We Have to Fear? To hear the Republican contenders for President teil it, Americans ought to be quaking in their boots over the threat of, all together now, “radical Islamic...
Paid articleAfter the Hurricane, Worker Co-ops Rebuild
Nathanson, Rebecca
After the Hurricane, Worker Co-ops Rebuild Rebecca Nathanson When Hurricane Sandy touched down in New York City two days before Halloween in October 2012, Luis Casco was in his bungalow in Far...
Paid articleGuns for Everyone: Shows Set Low Bar for Who Can Get a Lethal Weapon
Comp, Nathan J.
The 9mm Spectre M4 was one among thousands of weapons up for grabs at a February 6 gun show in West Bend, Wisconsin. A particular-ly fearsome firearm with pistol and forward-vertical grips, it is...
Paid articleWrong Target: Gun Rules Hurt the Mentally Ill
Ervin, Mike
Wrong Target: Gun Rules Hurt the Mentally Ill By Mike Ervin When it comes to gun violence, people with psychiatric disabilities make for easy bogeymen and bogeywomen. Even the NrA agrees it...
Paid articleEnough, Already! States Do What They Can to Stem Gun Violence
Johnson, Sharon
In December, Stacey Newman, the soft-spoken leader of the Progressive caucus in the Missouri House of Representatives, decided that she had had enough. “In 2015, about 32,000 Ameri-cans died of...
Paid articleFirst Person Singular: My Life as a Push Poller
McKinney, Jacqueline
ff Good Evening, I would like to speak to you about the upcoming election. It will only take a few minutes and it would be very beneficial to the candidates to see where voters currently stand on...
Paid articleExpanding the Realm of What's Possible
Ervin, Mike
Expanding the Realm of What’s Possible An Interview with Ai-Jen Poo, Advocate for Domestic Workers and Home-Based Care By Mike Ervin i-Jen Poo was named a 2014 MacArthur fellow for her success in...
Paid articleFor the Love of Mercy
Clinton, Kate
For the Love of Mercy Pope Francis has declared we are in the midst of an Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy. The Vatican has been less than transparent regarding the Pontiffs projected success...
Paid articleWalking Away from the Game
Zirin, Dave
Walking Away from the Game New England Patriots star linebacker Jerod Mayo decided, at age twenty-nine, that he was done with the sur-geries, constant pain, and physical sacrifice that the National...
Paid articleKoch Brothers Lobby for Broken Government, Burning Planet
Bottari, Mary
Koch Brothers Lobby for Broken Government, Burning Planet By Mary Bottari Dark Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the Radical Right By Jane Mayer Doubleday. $29.95....
Paid articleStrangling Me With Your Lasso of Stars
Waldman, Anne
Strangling Me With Your Lasso of Stars (Aime Cesaire) Night In its rush Of words Caught The words were totems The words were beasts Day slowing down Against a mode of survival The words were...
Paid articleTime to Dump 'Do-Nothing' Mitch
Hightower, Jim
Time to Dump ‘Do-Nothing’ Mitch An t o n i n Scalia is gone. The nasti-est and noisiest of the Supreme Court’s right wingers is dead. But he can’t be any more brain dead than Mitch McConnell, the...
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