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 Vol. 086 Issue 005 (October 1 2022)
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••Cover Page••
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••Contents••
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 Looking Backward to See Our Future
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EDITOR’S NOTE LOOKING BACKWARD TO SEE OUR FUTURE
W ith the midterm elections now almost upon us, it’s nearly impossible to ponder the deep fissures appearing in our democratic system without...
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Do Not Let Them Win
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Boddiger, David; Stockwell, Norman
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COMMENT by DAVID BODDIGER and NORMAN STOCKWELL DO NOT LET THEM WIN
E very certain number of years, we hear the refrain “this election may be the most important in our lifetime.” While not...
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What's at Stake
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NICHOLS, JOHN
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FURTHER COMMENT by JOHN NICHOLS WHAT’S AT STAKE
N ot to be alarmist, but the November 8 midterm elections could be the last in which the United States operates as a functional democracy....
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No Comment
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Less News Is Bad News As of the end of May, the United States had 6,377 newspapers, down by more than 2,500 since 2005, according to Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. And...
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Letters
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LETTERS Editor’s note: Dear readers, it is an embarrassment of riches. We have received more letters—by mail, email, and the web— about the August/September issue than any other in recent years....
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Blast from the Past
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BLAST FROM THE PAST In January 1926, Belle Case La Follette provided readers with a summary of a study by University of Iowa professor Norman C. Meier that looked at the recent 1924 presidential...
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A Ukrainian Village Rebuilds
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Kristian, Natasha
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ON THE LINE by NATASHA KRISTIAN A UKRAINIAN VILLAGE REBUILDS
A charming Ukrainian village, once known as a getaway from the nearby capital of Kyiv, was left in complete ruins after the Russian...
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Democrats Need to Stop Running from Biden
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Conniff, Ruth
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MIDDLE AMERICA by RUTH CONNIFF DEMOCRATS NEED TO STOP RUNNING FROM BIDEN
I was standing next to a Democratic state legislator at a recent back-to-school event in Wisconsin as Democratic...
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When Justice Is Too Little, Too Late
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Ervin, Mike
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SMART ASS CRIPPLE by MIKE ERVIN WHEN JUSTICE IS TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE
T here’s a television commercial that makes me cringe more than any other. It features former baseball star Frank “the...
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Speech and Consequences
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LUEDERS, BILL
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FIRST THINGS FIRST by BILL LUEDERS SPEECH AND CONSEQUENCES
F ifteen years ago, while visiting Harvard University, I sat in on a lecture given at the law school on taboo and the First...
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Is the working class experiencing a new CIO moment?
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Jaffe, Sarah
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BY SARAH JAFFE O n August 4, hundreds of Amazon ware-“When we got there, all of our managers, area house workers in Tilbury, Essex, England, managers, HR, and loss prevention officers were...
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Extremists on the Ballot
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SMOKING GUN EXTREMISTS ON THE BALLOT On November 8, in key races around the country, voters will be able to elect Republican candidates who have staked out jaw-droppingly extreme positions—and...
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Seeing Through the 'Copaganda'
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Rampell, Ed
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SEEING THROUGH THE
‘Copaganda’
In the land of the free, law enforcement agencies depend on mass media to win hearts and minds. BY ED RAMPELL W hile President Joe Biden has signed into law...
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Superhero TV Shows Take on White Supremacy
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George, Joe
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Superhero TV Shows Take on White Supremacy
BY JOE GEORGE “R ipped from the headlines.” That’s the tagline for the long-running Law & Order television series franchise, promising realistic...
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What Is Fascism?
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Hatheway, Jay
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introduction to what was meant historically, in contrast to the ways the term is being used today. While there are similarities, the differences are stark enough. Fascism is a closed...
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Yes, You Can Call Them Fascist
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Masciotra, David
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Yes, You Can Call Them Fascist The GOP and its allies have a lot in common with fascist movements of the past, so why can’t we just say that? BY DAVID MASCIOTRA F ormer President Donald...
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Delaying Payment, Courting Disaster
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Berryhill, Nora-Kathleen
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Delaying Payment,
Courting Disaster
‘Buy now, pay later’ companies advertise their products as safe alternatives to high-interest credit cards and payday loans. But consumer advocates warn that...
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Patching Up Paid Leave
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Bader, Eleanor J.
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Patching Up Paid Leave Big business helped block paid family and medical leave from Build Back Better, but the need has never been more urgent. BY ELEANOR J. BADER T wenty-one years ago,...
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Where Olof Palme Left Off
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Moore, Jack
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A student travels to Stockholm in search of ways to meet the global goals of
eliminating poverty, protecting the planet, and creating a more just society.
Jack Moore is pursuing a master’s...
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The Pentagon Can't Counter White Supremacy
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Taylor, Vanessa
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The Pentagon Can’t Counter White Supremacy
Government programs threaten Black and Muslim communities in the name of countering extremism. Vanessa Taylor is a Philadelphia-based writer focusing...
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The Costs Lurking in Self-Storage
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Kuhlenbeck, Mike
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The Costs Lurking in Self-Storage
Caught between a housing crisis and post-pandemic in.ation, storage unit renters can become easy prey. Mike Kuhlenbeck is a freelance journalist and National...
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It's All About the Bomb
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Meyer, Alfred
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BY ALFRED MEYER
T he Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Station in southeastern Ukraine, Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, has the world’s attention right now, and rightly so. For the first time...
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Reaching for a New North Star
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Black, Steph
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THE ACTIVIST OFFERING by STEPH BLACK REACHING FOR A NEW NORTH STAR
O n May 3, the abortion landscape in the United States changed forever. A leaked draft of a majority opinion written by...
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The Chicken Farmer and the Soccer Mom
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Blackwell, Christopher; Cohen, Jamie Beth
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The Chicken Farmer and the Soccer Mom
C hristopher Blackwell, forty-one, Since their pairing, which was EA’s is an incarcerated writer in pilot match, Chris has placed more...
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Reparations as a Construction Project
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Tempus, Alexandra
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INTERVIEW Reparations as a Construction Project An interview with
Olúfémi Táíwò
BY ALEXANDRA TEMPUS W ith his .rst two books out this year, you might call Olúfémi Táíwò a philosopher...
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Shadows of War
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Hedges, Chris
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BOOK EXCERPT Shadows of War The true costs of war are hidden from the public because the reality is too horri.c to accept. BY CHRIS HEDGES I n an instant, industrial warfare can kill...
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Books
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LUEDERS, BILL; Gunn, Erik
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BOOKS The Way We Were BY BILL LUEDERS Anyone who thinks that we are living in dark times is correct: The nativism and mass delusion Donald Trump has nurtured pose a real threat to our...
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The Thing That Rhymes with 'Schmositive'
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Farsad, Negin
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HEMMING AND HAWING by NEGIN FARSAD THE THING THAT RHYMES WITH ‘SCHMOSITIVE’
I was recently having coffee at my usual spot, chatting with regulars, when the subject turned to Biden. You...
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Justice for Minor League Baseball Players
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Zirin, Dave
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EDGE OF SPORTS by DAVE ZIRIN JUSTICE FOR MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS
F or decades, being a minor league baseball player meant living a nightmare of poverty wages and substandard...
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The News and The End
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Bohince, Paula
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POEMS by PAULA BOHINCE The News An ultraviolet urchin (planetary, local) was lulling unaware in waves eternal when Toni’s email turned to stardust, touching a satellite’s face for a nano,...
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Finding Reasons for Progressive Optimism
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Hightower, Jim
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VOX POPULIST by JIM HIGHTOWER FINDING REASONS FOR PROGRESSIVE OPTIMISM
F rom corporate polluters to political bosses, power elites try to create a myth of inevitability to make workaday...
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