The Progressive Magazine: March 2009

March 2009

Volume 73, Number 3

In This Issue

Comment Nationalize the Banks

Eduardo Galeano denounces Israel's destruction of Gaza.

Dave Zirin watches Gaza bleed into sports arenas.

Ruth Conniff monitors the implosion of conservatism.

Luis J. Rodríguez makes a case for the special role of the arts.

Barbara Ehrenreich traces the rise of the Nouveau Poor.

Toxic Prison Labor Anne-Marie Cusac

Computer recycling facilities behind bars are causing serious health problems.

Feature

Fighting Foreclosures Colin Asher

Activists and homeowners are joining hands in Boston.

Interview

Arundhati Roy David Barsamian

"It might be easier to be an American when there isn't an American empire," says the author and activist.

Culture

Kate Clinton sees good omens in Obama's actions.

Poem Martín Espada

Books Eleanor J. Bader reviews All You Can Eat: How Hungry Is America? by Joel Berg.

Jim Hightower exposes Timothy Geithner's flaws.

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