The Progressive Magazine: April 2012
Volume 76, Number 4
In This Issue
Editor's Note
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Letters
Comment We, the People
On the Line
Columns
Ruth Conniff pits Russ Feingold against Barack Obama.
Luis J. Rodríguez is hit hard by the Tucson ban.
Censored writers respond to Arizona's banning of Mexican American Studies.
Cover
BP Oil Still Tars the Gulf
BP has spent a lot of money selling the idea that all is back to normal in the Gulf. But that's simply not the case.
Feature
Organizing the Tobacco Fields David Bacon
In North Carolina, immigrant workers often get paid less than the minimum wage.
1st Person Singular
The Wages of Words
| I'm a mid-career journalist, and I just landed on food stamps
Mark Ruffalo
| "The biggest industry hoax is that the United States can't move to renewable energy now," says the actor and environmentalist.
Culture
Poem Martin Steingesser
Dave Zirin waxes nostalgic for old NCAA rivalries.
Kate Clinton surveys the Gay Old Party.
Books
Brian Gilmore reviews The Last Holiday: A Memoir, by Gil Scott-Heron.
Jim Hightower says the really, really, really rich are different.
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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
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