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Stories of Survival
NO! explores rape within the African-American community and fights society's instinct to focus on the racism outside while turning a deaf ear to gender violence within
July 2007
COVER STORY
Features
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When College Ends, So Does Activism
Why selling out is a depressingly rational choice for many graduates
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D.C. Fights For A Vote
The District of Columbia inches closer toward achieving its age-old goal of representation in the House
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Democrats Shy Away From Emergency Contraception
Did the Democrats leave military servicewomen without EC for political reasons?
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In the Crosshairs
Iraqi artist Wafaa Bilal invited people to shoot him, and got all too many takers
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The Olympic Hustle
Chicagoans are already beginning to fear what hosting the 2016 Summer Games might do to their city
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Genetic Disorder
Parents with limited incomes are being denied access to genetic tests and the counseling that experts say should accompany them
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He Shoots, She Scores
When Mike became Christine, she gave Los Angeles sports fans a courtside view of gender politics
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What Vacation Days?
Despite being one of the richest nations, America denies its workers mandated paid vacations and sick days
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Two Degrees From Devastation
George Monbiot's book Heat: How to Stop the Planet from Burning argues that we must cut greenhouse gas emissions by 90 percent
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Kissing up to K Street
Democrats are selling out the economic populism that got them elected in the first place
News
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Militarizing Mexico's Drug War
More than 1,000 police officers, soldiers and members of enemy cartels have been killed this year as President Calderon has turned up the heat
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The Not-So Superfund
Congress lets fund to hold companies responsible for cleaning up their pollution run dry
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The Plight of New Orleans Workers
Hands hired to clean up the Big Easy have been subjected to wage theft, exposure to dangerous substances, layoffs, tough discipline and discrimination
culture
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books
Iran and America's Tug of War
Iran's real threat to the United States has less to do with nuclear ambitions and more to do with an explosive tension between politics and resources
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Forget the Foundations
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded shows how nonprofit fundraising hinders radical movements
Columnists
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The Third Coast
Entrapping Inflated Threats
The possibility that the informants were seeking governmental favor by inflating the plots and entrapping the men has likewise been downplayed in the national media, even though the likelihood seems quite plausible
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Thicker Than Oil
At the end of May, the third bloodiest month of his 50-month Iraq War, President George W. Bush, red-white-and-blue wreath in hand,... more
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Torture By Another Name
On May 15, America was treated to a televised celebration of war, torture and indefinite detention--the South Carolina Republican primary debate. Blending politics... more
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Food Poisoning for Thought
If a country executes people who murder close-up with guns or knives, it should also put to death officials and executives who... more
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Back Talk
The Enduring Lies of Ronald Reagan
The canonization of Ronald Reagan rests crucially on one thing Reagan himself did well: forgetting the facts. It seems timely to exhume a few.
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Droppin' a Dime
A GLBT Center of Their Own
Chicago’s Gay Pride Parade draws dozens of straight elected officials eager to strut their stuff alongside the drag queens and Dykes on Bikes.
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The Third Coast
Entrapping Inflated Threats
The national media has downplayed the possibility that the informants were seeking governmental favor by inflating plots and entrapping men.
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