The Progressive POPULIST

A Twice-Monthly Journal from the Heartland
July 1, 2000 -- Volume 6, Number 12
TABLE OF CONTENTS

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COVER/Stacy Mitchell
Local retailers hit the web

EDITORIAL
Health care: Just do it

JIM HIGHTOWER
Democrats sell out to Wall Street; Motorola's China deception; Media mogul from Mars; Fight mandatory arbitration; Farmers vs. pharmers; Corporations buy the conventions.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

RURAL ROUTES/Margot McMillen
Buyer, be wary

CONVERSATIONS/Jim Van Der Pol
The choice: irradiation or responsibility

GABRIELA FLORA
Biotech missteps hurt farmers

DISPATCHES
Nader puts heat on; Buchanan grabs Reform

CALAMITY HOWLER/A.V. Krebs
Workers charge IBP cruelty to cattle

SOLUTIONS/American News Svc.
Two small towns generate business their way

ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
When failure is not an option

CORPORATE FOCUS/Russell Mokhiber & Robert Weissman
A grotesque spectacle

JOHN NICHOLS
China deal will cost Democrats

MARK WEISBROT
Labor in 2000: No place to go?

GLOBAL CITIZEN/Donella Meadows
Your precious presidential vote

FRANCES MENDENHALL
Nader offers voters an alternative

BOB BOROSAGE
Gore: shed platitudes for populist fire

LARRY LACK
Coke & pitfalls of socially responsible investing

GRANNY D/Doris Haddock
Granny goes to court for reform

TED GLICK
History and communications

TED RALL
Young Americans and the decline of marriage

MARTY JEZER
Clinton chop suey

MEDIA BEAT/Norman Solomon
Forecast: a long, hot summer of punditry

SILICON LOUNGE/Donna Ladd
Journalists meet to air dirty laundry

GRASSROOTS/Hank Kalet
Best defense is no missile defense at all

JOHN BUELL
Academic freedom and campus activism

WAYNE O'LEARY
Breaking Social Security's glass ceiling

PLAIN TALK/Dave Zweifel
Social Security doesn't need Bush's gamble

ALEXANDER COCKBURN
McCaffrey's wars

AMERICAS/Gonzales & Rodriguez
Time for presidents to act on border

AUDREY JOHNSON
Loyal to no nation

PUBLIC INTEREST/Ralph Nader
Overcoming the manic mercantilism

JESSE JACKSON
Africa's agony

HAL CROWTHER
Why I'm not a Libertarian

HEALTH CARE/Joan Retsinas
The better angels prevail

CHARLES LEVENDOSKY
Slam the door on secret evidence

BOOKS/Alvena Bieri
Ivins draws a bead on 'Shrub'

OUCH!/Public Campaign
Rollercoasters and corporate cash

MOLLY IVINS
Company rights vs. your own;
How do you do reform? Leash 527s;
Governor, what have you done for this family?

EUGENE McCARTHY
How you keep them busy after White House

WILL DURST
Home schooling advantage


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