The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
Oct. 1, 2001 -- Volume 7, Number 17
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Tamar F. Barlam
Get antibiotics out of my burger

EDITORIAL
Don't let the extremists win

JIM HIGHTOWER
Bush losing trade game;
Lean times, but fat CEOs;
Middle-class future is up to us;
Putting labor's pensions to work;
The Sensible Priorities Act;
A soulless service economy

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
We're the third saddest fallout

LEM HARRIS
Republicans split over new farm bill

DISPATCHES
Souter: Just one day short

CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs
There are still some good sports out there

DONNA LADD
Teacher stupidity protection act

JOHN BUELL
The politics of stem cells

M.W. GUZY
Making convenient choices

LABOR TALK/Harry Kelber
'Educating' politicians

JOHN NICHOLS
Wal-Mart out to ravage worker rights

WAYNE O'LEARY
A tale of two letters

NATHAN NEWMAN
'Saving' Social Security

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Uninsurables in the neighborhood

MARK WEISBROT
Return of the lockbox

BILL BERKOWITZ
Fast food and sweatshops in Fla. fields

SAM PARRY
Is Ralph right?

RANDOLPH HOLHUT
Nader shows Democrats the way

PAPER CUTS/Judith Gorman
Citizens who work

CRAIG McGRATH
Future of fed faith-based office in doubt

CORPORATE FOCUS/Russell Mokhiber & Robert Weissman
Keep globalization on the run

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
So much for restoring integrity

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
A different sort of race problem

MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon
Denial and the ravaging of cyberspace

TOM CRUMPACKER
Shaking down American travelers

FUTURE HOPE/Ted Glick
White progressives, black reparations 2

AMERICAS/Gonzales & Rodriguez
$4,000: the price of a Mexican

ALEXANDER COCKBURN
Round up the usual ironies

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader
Free deposit insurance for corporations

JESSE JACKSON
Powell can't come out and pay

KEN BRESLER
Realities of political endorsements

DEAN BAKER
Progressives need to frame their issues

CHARLES LEVENDOSKY
Battling the feds' anti-sex crusaders

MOLLY IVINS
Sad familiarity in today's news;
High prices, bad service;
Staying left

BOOKS/Alvena Bieri
America needs more dangerous women

TED RALL
Selling out is easy to do


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