The Progressive POPULIST
A Monthly Journal from the Heartland
April 1998 -- Volume 4, Number 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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COVER/Jim Cullen
Radio Pirates Fight for Free Speech
COMMENT/Juan Palomo
Local Stations Die, Pirates Are Good Guys
EDITORIAL
Crocs in the Creek
JIM HIGHTOWER
A Low Blow to High-Tech Workers
Protecting Wall Streeters from Us
Dinner by DuPont
Industry 'Modernizes' FDA
The Nike News
Dow Knew
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
RURAL ROUTES/Jim Hare
Organic Rules: A Threat to All Farmers
COMMENT/Paul Cienfuegos
Organic Opposition May Be on the Wrong Track
GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Ode to an American Hero
NATIVE GROUND/Randolph Holhut
Champion for Journalistic Integrity
CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs
Agribusiness to Congress: 'A Friend Indeed'
REPORT/A.V. Krebs
'A Time to Act': An Echo from the Past
LABOR TALK/Harry Kelber
New Organizing Goals
TALES FROM EAST TEXAS/Carol Countryman
Grateful Lives
WORK IN PROGRESS
REPORT/Craig McGrath
Follow the Secret Money:
Non-Profits Funnel Money to Campaigns
THE SCOOP/Bob Harris
Obstruction of Justice? How About Starr?
REPORT/M. Morris & M. Weber
Anthrax OK for Home Use
CORPORATE FOCUS/Russell Mokhiber & Robert Weissman
Crackdown Targets Little Debtors
HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Personal Ads in Age of Managed Care
DAVID MORRIS
Electric Deregulation
REPORT/Madelyn Hoffman
Reflections on a Campaign
NEWSPEAK/Wayne Grytting
The Culinary Arts
PROGRESSIVE REVIEW/Sam Smith
Installment-Plan Prohibition
MADE IN THE USA/Joel D. Joseph
Why NAFTA Has Failed
PRIMAL SCREED/James McCarty Yeager
In Antitrust We Trust
GLOBAL CITIZEN/Donella Meadows
More Justice for Chemicals Than for Presidents
MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon
Media Habits of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
COMMENT/Stephen Hill
Is the U.S. Senate a Dinosaur?
AMERICAS/Gonzales & Rodriguez
Affirmative Action Fight in Wash. p. 18
TED RALL
Here Come the Black Helicopters
IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader
Credit Unions Need to Find Roots
JESSE JACKSON
The Attack on Social Security
HAL CROWTHER
Brother to Dragons
DISPATCHES
Free Trade in Africa; WTO Against Turtles; Ethanol Advances in Senate.
CHARLES LEVENDOSKY
Judge, Jury Give Cowboys the Boot
Make Congressional Reports Public
MOLLY IVINS
Listen to the Moneylenders Wail, Moan
Bad Stuff Ahead? You Can Bank on It
Boatload of Bad Ideas
JOHN BUELL
Political Economy of Backlash
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