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Feature
Prime Time Payola
Is Clear Channel buying political favors with pro-war fanaticism?
Stephen Marshall

Feature
Backlash Against Al Jazeera
Elizabeth Ptacek
Viewpoint
Virtual War and Reality
Joel Bleifuss

Dispatch
Jumbo Problem
Shrimp aquaculture threatens Guatemala’s tropical coasts
Erin Henk

Dispatch
No Relief
Lackluster cold warriors bungle Latin American policy
Martin Austermuhle
Dispatch
Imprisoned by the Patriot Act
J.D. Lloyd
Dispatch
Welcome to the 21st Century
Ohio state senators oppose the 14th Amendment
Jamie Pietras
Feature
Halliburton’s Axis of Influence
Frida Berrigan
Feature
Eco-lateral Damage
Like the first Gulf War, this one is sure to be an environmental disaster
Ross Mirkarimi
Viewpoint
The Un-American Media
Ana Marie Cox

Feature
Drop Television, Not Bombs
What the TV news couldn’t tell you about the protests
Will Nixon
Feature
Crude History Lesson
Is the war all about oil after all?
Dave Lindorff

Feature
Michael Moore Stars at Academy Awards
Joel Bleifuss

Dispatch
Criminalizing the Homeless
Anti-begging ordinances proliferate across the U.S.
Paul Tolme

Feature
Our Media, Not Theirs
Building the U.S. media reform movement
Robert McChesney and John Nichols

Feature
The Holy Grail
The crusade for media reform will face serious obstacles
Patricia Aufderheide

Culture
Dear Mr. Vonnegut,
Kurt Vonnegut

Culture
Terrible Beauty
Eleanor J. Bader
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