The Progressive Magazine: August 2011
Volume 75, Number 8
In This Issue
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Letters
Three More Years of War
| Ours is a war and a Wall Street economy. Everything else is immaterial.
On the Line
Columns
Terry Tempest Williams
savors cherries and celebrates simple pleasures.
Leaving a Stench Behind
Ruth Conniff | Scott Walker has even deregulated raw sewage.
Cover
Obama and Black America
| Blacks still seem to have Obama’s back, but does he have theirs?
Is African American enthusiasm for the President being reciprocated?
Feature
Atomkraft? Nein Danke! Paul Hockenos
Germany’s anti-nuclear success offers lessons for the U.S.
1st Person Singular
Was My Father Evil? Diane Silver
After all this time, I believe I finally know the answer.
Spain’s Young People Turn Indignant María Carrión
They are seeking nothing less than a profound social transformation.
Interview
An Interview with Chris Hedges
"When you have a liberal class that no longer functions, then you cede power to very frightening, deformed figures."
Culture
Poem Martin Steingesser.
Will Durst urges Obama to give someone the heave-ho.
Dave Zirin roots for LeBron James.
Books Matthew Rothschild reviews The Trouble Ball, by Martín Espada; Tonight No Poetry Will Serve, by Adrienne Rich; and Inside the Money Machine, by Minnie Bruce Pratt.
Jim Hightower busts a network of corporate wonk shops.
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Spying on Occupy Activists
| How local law enforcement and Homeland Security help Wall Street.
The Commerce of Violence
Wendell Berry | The cheapening of life is surely the dominant theme of our time, from Guantánamo to the Boston Marathon.
Jason Collins, Meet Brittney Griner
Dave Zirin says Jason Collins and Brittney Griner can teach the guys in the huddle a lot.
Preserving Our Home on Earth
We’ve released our second eBook from a new “Hidden History“
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Preserving Our Home on Earth: 100 Years of Environmental Writing from the Archives of The Progressive Magazine. is now available from Amazon and Barnes&Noble.
"Since we only have one planet to call our own, it might be worth reading this book." —Bill McKibben
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