December 2006 Volume 30, Issue 12

December 2006

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Viewpoint

White Progressives Don’t Get It Rinku Sen

CT Scans: A Radioactive Risk Terry J. Allen

Danger: A Policy With No Brains Susan J. Douglas

The Second Clinton Ascendancy Laura S. Washington

The CBC and Speaker Pelosi Salim Muwakkil

Embracing Populism David Sirota

Feature

Dread Beats Silja J.A. Talvi

We Are All Waiters Now Thomas Geoghegan

Seeing Red about Thinking Pink Lucinda Marshall

In Praise of Impeachment John Nichols

What We Leave Behind Frida Berrigan

The Godless Fundamentalist Lakshmi Chaudhry

Rebiya Kadeer: The Uighur Dalai Lama Jehangir Pocha

Outing is In Again John Ireland

Dispatch

Organizing the Outsiders David Moberg

White-Collar Workers Unite Adam Doster

Bioneers Bridge the Color Gap Chelsea Ross

Is Congress Gates Keeper? Robert Parry

Turning Back the Tax Revolt Matt Singer

Culture

Cholera and the City Aaron Sarver

The Skinny on Thin Jessica Clark

Live At Your Own Risk David Moberg

The dub poetry of Linton Kwesi Johnson

Silja J.A. Talvi

We Are All Waiters Now

Why higher taxes would make Americans happier, and why, despite this, we still won't raise them

Thomas Geoghegan

Seeing Red about Thinking Pink

The "pink" slogan behind National breast Cancer Awareness Month has become consumer-oriented and emphasizes an individualistic approach to healthcare.

Lucinda Marshall

In Praise of Impeachment

Pelosi may have put it "off the table," but it's not her decision anyway

John Nichols

What We Leave Behind

From Kosovo to Lebanon, cluster bomb casualties continue to mount

Frida Berrigan

The Godless Fundamentalist

In The Root of All Evil, biologist Richard Dawkins reveals his own lust for certainty

Lakshmi Chaudhry

Rebiya Kadeer: The Uighur Dalai Lama

Falsely imprisoned, this human rights activist is fighting the Chinese government's right to rule her people.

Jehangir Pocha

Outing is In Again

Did Bill Maher break the Barney Frank Rule?

John Ireland

Organizing the Outsiders

Indian lawyer Ela Bhatt helps give informal workers a voice

Cholera and the City

White Progressives Don’t Get It

White-Collar Workers Unite

Barbara Ehrenreich received a grant from SEIU (Service Employees International Union) to start United Professionals (UP), whose mission is to "protect and preserve the American middle class..."

CT Scans: A Radioactive Risk

Terry J. Allen argues that CT scans, while effective diagnostic tools, can be dangerous because of the high levels of radiation to which they expose patients.

The Skinny on Thin

Thin, a movie filmed at the Renfrew Center, follows four women in their battle with eating disorders.

Danger: A Policy With No Brains

Susan J. Douglas

The Second Clinton Ascendancy

Laura S. Washington

Bioneers Bridge the Color Gap

Bioneers, or Biological Pioneers, are activists committed to green consciousness, racial reconciliation, organic, healthy sustainable foods and social justice coalitions.

Is Congress Gates Keeper?

Robert Gates, Bush's choice for defense secretary, has faced accusations and senate committees before

Turning Back the Tax Revolt

Voters reject "Taxpayer Bill of Rights" spending cap measures and tax cuts across the country, paving the way to funding progressive priorities.

The CBC and Speaker Pelosi

Progressive members of the Congresssional Black Caucus poised to chair committees, meanwhile "Blue Dog" and "New" Democrats pulling the party to the center.

Live At Your Own Risk

Yale Political Scientist Jacob Hacker says the widening gap between rich and poor is a "great risk shift" from collective institutions to individuals.

Embracing Populism

The Democratic victories on Nov. 7 were thanks to the populist agenda of challenging corporate economic power.

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