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A Monthly Journal from the Heartland


April 1999 -- Volume 5, Number 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/David Moberg
Going Bananas: Chiquita Drives Trade Policy

EDITORIAL
Medicare Reform: Why Not the Rest?

JIM HIGHTOWER
Zapping Beef with X-Rays;
Defend Yourself;
A Mess of Hogs;
The Speaker's Buddies;
Rainforest Natives Sue Mighty Texaco;
Truth in Slaughtering

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

DISPATCHES
Black Farmers Still Seek Justice


RURAL ROUTES/Margot F. McMillen
It's the Sell, Stupid


CONVERSATIONS/Jim Van Der Pol
Farmers Need to Make Their Own Wave

REPORT/A.V. Krebs
'Freedom to Farm' Results in Failure


CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs
Free Enterprise in Cattle


SOLUTIONS/Mieke H. Bomann
Appalachian Spring for Women

TALES/Carol Countryman
Try to Survive Tryouts

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Dirty Work to be Done

COMMENT/Ralph Durham
Tobacco Farmers Must Weigh What Matters


FEATURE/Peter Downs
HMOs Provide Cover for Hospital Profits

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
Standards: Gold and Near-Gold

COMMENT/David Morris
Bill of Rights vs. Power

COMMENT/John Buell
Death Penalty Be Not Proud

COMMENT/Mark Weisbrot
Record Trade Deficits Haven't Slowed U.S.

ALEXANDER COCKBURN
Tough Talk Won't Hurt China Trade

CORPORATE FOCUS/Russell Mokhiber & Robert Weissman
The Blood Tax You Never Read About

COMMENT/T.J. Walker
Monica's Story on Starr

PLAIN TALK/Dave Zweifel
Levis Shows Us Real Sweatshop Culprit

GLOBAL CITIZEN/Donella H. Meadows
Why Do We Go on Sprawling?

COMMENT/John Nichols
Mourn the Soaring Dow

HUMOR/Martin Kaufman
Should We Really Fix 'Millenium Bug'?

PROGRESSIVE REVIEW/Sam Smith
Sleepless in Seattle

PRIMAL SCREED/James McC. Yeager
Education: Utility or Priviledge?

MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon
A 'Need to Know' Basis

TED RALL
Monica Madness Lives On

COMMENT/Marty Jezer
Ho-Hum: Genocide in Guatemala

AMERICAS/Gonzales & Rodriguez
The Guatemalization of Colombia

BILL STATUS/Congress Watch

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader
OOD Men Out!

JESSE JACKSON
This is Not What We Want

HAL CROWTHER
The Real Culture War

HUMOR/Will Durst
Sue Their Arses

PROJECT CENSORED
MAI Named 'Most Censored' Story of '99

MOLLY IVINS
No Matter How You Slice It, GOP Tax Cut's For Rich; When the Loan Shark Bites

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