The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
June 1, 2001 -- Volume 7, Number 10
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Molly Ivins
America steps in it: Bush II's First 100 Days

EDITORIAL
Get over it, and get in gear

JIM HIGHTOWER
Fundraiser-in-chief;
Future of campaign corruption;
Harvard's minginess;
Cheney's 'new' energy policy;
Gillette's new Boss Hog;
Monopolizing our book world

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Apples and Earth

DISPATCHES
Mass. Legislature thwarts Clean Election law

CHRISTINE NAVARRO
Agribusinesses use farm laws as cover

CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs
Covering allegations of ADM coverup

REPORT/Staff
Project Censored notes neglected stories

STEVE COBBLE
Revenge of the Republican weak sisters

V. SCHIRALDI & J. ZIEDENBERG
Illinois targets minority youth for prison

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Court expands police authority

WAYNE O'LEARY
Back to the future for progressive energy

LABOR TALK/Harry Kelber
Temps need AFL-CIO help in organizing

CORPORATE FOCUS/Russell Mokhiber & Robert Weissman
Alcatel ads weren't part of the dream

OUCH!/Public Campaign
Time is money

JESSE JACKSON
In the Bushes

M.W. GUZY
Bush stays bought

NATHAN NEWMAN
The end of tax cut politics

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
Al Gore: The First 100 Days

K. WINCHELL & G. WHITNEY
'Free trade' means tear gas and fences

JOHN BUELL
Fostering solidarity

MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon
Overdue: Scrutiny of 'white bloc'

PAPER CUTS/Judith Gorman
NAFTA on steroids

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Nurses' study wins the Duh Award

SAM URETSKY
Pharmaceuticals under bad influence

JIM MOTAVALLI
Bush administration goes off-road

SILICON LOUNGE/Donna Ladd
What are you wearing to the execution?

TED RALL
The Supremes nudge us into the Third World

AMERICAS/Gonzales & Rodriguez
Loving in a time of war

ALEXANDER COCKBURN
Bush's irretrievable blunders

BILL BERKOWITZ
Right-wing welfare wonks mobilize

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader
Dinosaurs in an age of mammals

MARTY JEZER
Kerrey's war, and ours

NICHOLAS VON HOFFMAN
Media twits flay Kerrey, dine with Kissinger

CHARLES LEVENDOSKY
French court would limit US speech

BOOKS/Alvena Bieri
Citizens need soul

MOLLY IVINS
Dumb on defense, dumber on energy policy;
Minor offense equals jail time

EUGENE J. McCARTHY
Unconstitutional conditions

JOHN NICHOLS
Bush fears tenacious, popular Wellstone


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