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 Vol. 081 Issue 004 (May 1 2017)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 Editor's Note
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Conniff, Ruth
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EDITOR’S NOTE Bigger and Better The issue you hold in your hands is the first of our new, bigger, every-other-month editions. As I mentioned last month, and as our publisher Norm Stockwell...
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Comment
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Conniff, Ruth
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COMMENT Don’t Worry, Be Happy As he settles into office, Donald Trump has succeeded in setting an extraordinarily low bar for himself. How else to explain the widespread praise for his...
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Further Comment
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LUEDERS, BILL
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FURTHER COMMENT Stick Up for the Press White House chief strategist Steve Bannon says the press “should be embarrassed and humiliated and keep its mouth shut" President Trump, building on such...
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No Comment
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NO COMMENT Invasion of Health Privacy During a recent policy retreat in Philadelphia, Republican members of Congress were caught on tape lamenting the mess they had created by promising to repeal...
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On the Line
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West, Jim
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ON THE LINE The Cost of Repealing Obamacare This is insulin. It keeps six-year-old Julius Barbieri alive. Julius developed Type 1 diabetes when he was three. There is no cure. It is his...
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Letters
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WE HEAR YOU Condescending on Kentucky For his article, “Coal and Climate Change in Kentucky” (February issue), Tanner Cole went to Bedford, the seat of Trimble County, Kentucky. What attracted Mr....
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Smoking Gun
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LUEDERS, BILL
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SMOKING GUN Fake Netos The Trump Administration has taken to using the term “fake news” to describe factually accurate reporting that it does not like, while the President and his team churn out...
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Voices of the Resistance
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VOICES OF THE...
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The Fight for Reproductive Rights: New Threats, New Activism
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Pettway, Alice
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Voices of the Resistance The Fight for Reproductive Rights New Threats, New Activism ndrea Lees had never before considered running for office. But faced with the reality of what a Trump...
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Resisting and Persisting in the Age of Trump
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Pocan, Representative Mark
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Resisting and Persisting in the Age of Trump very time we glance at our phones, browse a media site on our computers, or turn on the television, we are punched by another breaking news update. It...
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Christians and Donald Trump: Faith in the Lord Compels Both Support and Opposition
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Munch, Regina
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Christians and Donald Trump Faith in the Lord Compels Both Support and Opposition or Christians who oppose him, Donald Trump is obviously someone whose behavior runs counter to the Gospel message,...
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Opposing the Rise of State-Sponsored Islamophobia
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Aziz, Sahar F.
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Voices of the Resistance Opposing the Rise of State-Sponsored Islamophobia Trump’s electoral victory exposed our deep divisions. As some Americans believed we were progressing toward a more...
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Creating Communities of Change
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Gelder, Sarah van
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Voices of the Resistance Creating Communities of Change I traveled across the country at the end of 2015 in a small pickup truck and camper to write my new book, The Revolution Where You Live:...
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Blue Collar, Green Future
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Aronoff, Kate
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Voices of the Resistance Blue Collar, Green Future One of the quieter stories to unfold in the early days of this new administration is a tale of two labor movement approaches. The first emerged...
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Don't Just Fight, Build!
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Akuno, Kali
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Voices of the Resistance Don’t Just Fight, Build! I work with Cooperation Jackson, based in Jackson, Mississippi, which comes out of the Malcolm X Grassroots Movement and the New Afrikan People’s...
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What the Nation Can Learn from North Carolina
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Ross, Kirk
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What the Nation Can Learn from North Carolina he extra chairs were out, squeezed along the crimson-carpeted aisles of the North Carolina House of Representatives to accommodate the crush of family...
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Educating Homeless Kids in New York City
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Nathanson, Rebecca
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ALICE LEE ducating Homeless Kids in New York City Lorena Morales wakes up her daughter, Adamaris Barbosa, at 5:30 in the morning. By 6:30, Adamaris should be on the school bus, to ride from the...
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How Immigrant Workers Are Reviving the Labor Movement
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Rosenblum, Jonathan
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How Immigrant Workers Are Reviving the Labor Movement bdinasir Mohamed expected to encounter poverty in America, but what he saw upon landing in New York City in 2008 seemed unreal. A refugee from...
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Nurses Lead the Way: National Union Is at Forefront of Fights over Health Care, Workers' Rights
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Johnson, Sharon
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Nurses Lead the Way National Union Is at Forefront of Fights over Health Care, Workers’ Rights Nurses join "Our First Stand: Save Health Care,” a National Day of Action protest in San Francisco,...
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Nonviolence, Power, and Possibility: The Life of Gene Sharp
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VanHise, James L.
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Nonviolence, Power, and Possibility The Life of Gene Sharp I have been granted a rare interview with Gene Sharp, who has been studying political power, violence, and dictatorships for more than...
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The Crackdown Has Begun: Trump's Muslim Ban and Immigration Rules Upend People's Lives
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Gupta, Arun
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The Crackdown Has Begun The Nayef family, from Aleppo, Syria, arrives at Hopkins Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. From the left: case worker Leena Zahara, mother Khitan, daugher Rama, son Mohamad,...
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'It's a Scary Time': An Interview with Journalist Matt Taibbi
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Stockwell, Norman
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‘It’s a Scary Time’ An Interview with Journalist Matt Taibbi Matt Taibbi is a journalist and author who has covered numerous presidential campaigns for Rolling Stone and other publications. He has...
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An Appeal for Thoughtfulness
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Stockwell, Norman
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BOOKS An Appeal for Thoughtfulness By Norman Stockwell The Evil of Banality: On the Life and Death Importance of Thinking Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. 256 pages. $85.00 hardcover, $29.95...
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The Fake News President
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Durst, Will
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OFF THE MAP The Fake News President Whether you love or hate Donald J. Trump, you’ve got to admit he’s a crackerjack salesman with an uncanny gift for manipulating the press like a three-armed...
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The Eagle Has Landed
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Clinton, Kate
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UNPLUGGED The Eagle Has Landed As little Catholic kids, we were trained to look for signs of God’s presence in ourselves and in others. I also trained myself to look for signs from other little...
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Ambassadors of Defiance
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Zirin, Dave
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EDGE OF SPORTS Ambassadors of Defiance In mid-February, eleven NFL players were expected to be a part of a delegation to Israel. Only five showed up. Why this happened is worth understanding,...
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The Lord Might Have Given Him Wings
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Betts, Reginald Dwayne
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POEM The Lord Might Have Given Him Wings There was something wrong with him, our poor thing shouldering this inevitable. America’s hell & everything after this hour’s confession. The...
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The Essence of Ed Garvey
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Hightower, Jim
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VOX POPULIST The Essence of Ed Garvey If Ed Garvey came to the proverbial fork in the road— with the fork on the right leading to an ice cream truck serving up unlimited flavors of free cones, and...
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