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Aaron Sarver
Aaron Sarver is an independent audio producer and writer based in Chicago. His work has appeared in In These Times, The Chicago Reader, Alternet.org, and on Free Speech Radio News. For nearly three years he produced and co-hosted the radio program, Fire on the Prairie, which featured interviews with progressive writers and activists, and is archived at fireontheprairie.com.
Most Recent Articles
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Kids LOL @ Navy Recruiters
Millennials, explained Arthur Mitchell, director of strategic planning for the Navy's Accelerate Your Life campaign, are "narcissistic praise junkies" and "a somewhat alien life force" more »
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Creating the 21st Century Library
The Prelinger Library eschews the Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress systems, and is organized instead by what Megan Shaw Prelinger calls "a map of my brain" more »
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A Win for the Coalition of Immokalee Workers
In the face of a giant protest, McDonald's caves into farmworkers' demands for a penny per basket raise. more »
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Culture
Cholera and the City
A review of Steven Johnson's new book The Ghost Map: The Story of London's Terrifying Epidemic-and How It Changed Science, Cities, and the Modern World more »
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Witnessing Extraordinary Rendition
Nonprofit organization Witness uses video like the new film Outlawed, to document human rights abuses worldwide. more »
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Tracking the CIA Torture Flights
In their new book Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights, A.C. Thompson and Trevor Paglen detail how the CIA transports detainees worldwide. more »
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Processing Pain at Smithfield Foods
NLRB rules that Smithfield violated the rights of workers trying to organize. more »
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Irans Powerless President
Kaveh Ehsani speaks about Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad more »
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Louder Than a Bomb: an Interview with Chicago Hip-Hopper Kevin Coval
White and Jewish, Kevin Coval is a hip-hop poet who proves that, in hip-hop, talent is more important more »
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Talking Trash
How much needless plastic packaging do you throw away every year? Why is it cheaper to buy a more »
